Astronomers have found the hottest of all ‘hot Jupiters’ that is so hot that even the molecules in the atmosphere of the planet are ripping apart. Massive gaseous exoplanets with a very high surface temperature that are too hot to support life are known as ‘hot Jupiters’. Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers observed that the heat in the exoplanet called KELT-9b is so much that molecules of hydrogen are ripped apart on the dayside of the planet, unable to resolve until their separated atoms flow around to the planet’s nightside. Researchers also indicate that KELT-9b is not the only planet where molecules are being ripped apart, it likely happens on other ultra hot exoplanets as well.
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