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What if a whole year lasted only 8 hours? There’s a planet called Kepler-78b that orbits its star incredibly fast. One complete orbit takes less than a single Earth day. But there’s a problem… The planet is so close to its star that temperatures reach over 2,000°C. It’s basically a lava world racin…

What if a whole year lasted only 8 hours? There’s a planet called Kepler-78b that orbits its star incredibly fast. One complete orbit takes less than a single Earth day. But there’s a problem… The planet is so close to its star that temperatures reach over 2,000°C. It’s basically a lava world racing through space.