Meet CoRoT-5 b, a sizzling hot Jupiter-sized world discovered in 2009 by the CoRoT space telescope using the clever transit method—watching as this planet charmingly blocks a tiny bit of its star’s light during a cosmic eclipse. Orbiting the bright star CoRoT-5, this exoplanet is a gas giant that hugs its star so closely, it’s likely tidally locked, meaning one side is in perpetual daylight, basking in stellar heat, while the other remains in eternal night. Although it doesn’t have a catchy proper name yet, CoRoT-5 b continues to intrigue astronomers with its fiery personality and swift orbit. Thanks to the CoRoT CCD Array, it’s one of the many distant worlds helping us understand the dazzling diversity of planets out there!
