If you thought summer here on Earth could get pretty brutal, spare a thought for the extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, designated HD 80606 b. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that this gas giant exoplanet, located 217 light-years away, is being roasted by its host star.
The planet, it seems, really puts the "hot" in "Hot Jupiter," a category of gas giant planets that come so close to their stars that they can complete an orbit in a matter of days, sometimes even hours.
