SPACE-ASTRONOMY-EXOPLANETS by Getty Images
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**EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION AND INTERNET BEFORE 18h00 GMT JANUARY 28, 2009** Photo released on January 28, 2009 shows computer-generated images charting the development of severe weather patterns on exoplanet HD 80606b. Astronomers have observed a planet some 200 light years from Earth that, for a few hours, becomes 700 degrees Celsius (1,300 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter every time its elliptical orbit brings it close to its sun. The scientists, in a study released on January 28, 2009 say they have generated the most realistic images ever captured of a planet outside our Solar System, also called an exoplanet. HD 80606b is located 190 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, and It can be seen with binoculars. AFP PHOTO / NASA / Spitzer Space Telescope (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/Getty Images)
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