The hottest planet ever discovered in the Milky Way galaxy is so close to its star, it gets destroyed by its star's heat. This planet was called WASP-12b after its parent star WASP-12. The estimated surface temperature on the surface is around 2,250°C.
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HD 149026 b, also known as Osiris, is a planet outside of the Solar System. It is approximately 257 light-years away from us, and can be located in the constellation Hercules. This planet is dense and very hot.
As we move through the Solar System, we can't forget our home, the Earth! This is probably the most breathtaking place in the universe. This is the only known planet to have life, as the conditions for life are precisely fine-tuned. It is the densest planet in the Solar System, with all that it has to offer.
Moving closer to the Sun... Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. It is the biggest planet in our Solar System, with a diameter of 142,984 km at the equator. So what do we know about this giant?
We have come to the innermost planet of the Solar System, orbiting our Sun in 87.969 Earth days, Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, has the highest eccentricity, and the smallest axial tilt.
Today, we are looking at the third brightest object in the sky, after the Sun and the Moon. Because it becomes its brightest shortly before sunrise and right after sunset, it has been known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star. Venus is often called the "Earth's sister planet", due to similar size, gravity, and bulk composition.
Planet Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. It is the second largest planet in the Solar System. Let's explore the features of this planet, besides its famous rings, well... the rings too.
