Extreme Global Warming

Watch out, Al Gore, another planet is suffering from global warming – and it’s a thousand times worse than what we’re seeing here on Earth.

NASA astronomers recently discovered a planet that can go from 980 degrees to over 2,200 degrees in just six hours. The extreme temperature change is due to an orbit that brings it 10 times closer to its sun than Mercury is to ours.

The scientists call it one of the most inhospitable planets yet found.

(Source: Associated Press)

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