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New Alien Planet Discovered

Only 300 light years away.

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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.

Read it at Los Angeles Times

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