Astronomers Discovered “Hell” in Space!

- The hottest, darkest and weirdest planet ever found

A new astronomical find gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "it's a hell hole." The Spitzer Space Telescope has just sent in astonishing new data about the most bizarre extrasolar planet ever photographed.

It literally fits the classical descriptions of Hell: the temperatures on the surface of this planet reach a scorching 2040 degrees Celsius (3700 Fahrenheit), almost as hot as some small stars.

Planet HD 149026b absorbs all light from its star and emits heat back to space. It's blacker than charcoal but glows like an ember because it is so hot.

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Another strange feature of the newly discovered planet is that it's pitch black, the fact that it does not appear to reflect any starlight suggesting it must be blacker than charcoal.

What's even stranger about this alien world is the fact that because it is so hot, it may glow like an ember.

However, at such extremely high temperatures, titanium should condense and fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain.