New Alien Planet Discovered

Close Encounters

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 10:17AM EDT / Published Jun. 03, 2013 10:11PM EDT

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Looks like the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has made a very large discovery. Scientists have captured images of a new planet, dubbed HD 95086 b, a mere 300 light-years away from Earth. The planet orbits a young sun, is four to five times the size of Jupiter, and could possibly be harboring water vapor in its atmosphere, according to a statement from Gaël Chauvin, one of the scientists who made the discovery. Don’t pack your bags just yet though—the planet has scalding surface temperatures of around 700 degrees Celsius.

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New Alien Planet Discovered

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