It's Spooky Exoplanet Time!

Okay, so Halloween was a few days ago, but I think this is still kind of cool. The search for exoplanets is really about searching for another planet like Earth, and the day we find that little blue dot will be a big day. Until then though, it's a strange galaxy out there, and it's worth reminding ourselves that we've found some strange exoplanets. I've heard of most of these, but the planet sitting at 12,000 degrees was a new one. Just last week I was talking about how a planet at 5,000 degrees was one of the hottest exoplanets ever discovered. This is more than twice that! And the pulsar planets are even more inhospitable than I thought, I didn't know the radiation was THAT strong. Anyway, give it a look to see just how unpleasant exoplanets can get.