Sadly it's unlikely that we'll ever be able to visit Kepler-70b. At a distance of 4,015 light-years from Earth, it would take an extraordinary amount of time to reach. Later Apollo spaceships ...

Kepler-70b, a planet hotter than the Sun at 6,800°C, is described by NASA as “another circle of hell.” Located 4,000 light-years away, this fiery world is no ordinary exoplanet. This infernal ...

Kepler 70b is really close to its star, making it the hottest known exoplanet: 7,143K, or more than 12,300 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hotter than parts of our own sun. SEE ALSO: Outrage after ...

(Photo: Nasa) Discovered in 2011, Kepler-70b (also known as KOI-55) could easily be described as a circle of hell, according to Nasa. With temperatures soaring higher than the surface of the Sun ...

The scorching 6,800C planet is called Kepler-70b (or KOI-55b), and it's just over 4,000 light-years from Earth. The planet is believed to have once been a gas giant – but evaporation has ...