Kepler-10b: The Scorching Hot Exoplanet with a Lava Ocean #astronomy #saturn #solarsystem #planets

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Kepler 10B might look like night all around, but it's hot. And not just hot, it's an inferno.

[00:00:08]The average daytime temperature here is over 1,300° C.

[00:00:14]It's 2,400° F.

[00:00:17]That's hot enough to melt most types of rock. So, the surface here is more like melted rock goo.

[00:00:29]Okay.

[00:00:30]Not a lot of great landing options here.

[00:00:34]Oh, what? No, that's lava.

[00:00:36]>> The surface is a liquid soup of lava. I mean, just landing on Kepler 10B would be a feat in itself.