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TaurusSteve
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- A planet where it rains iron!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51828871
"Wasp-76b, as it's known, orbits so close into its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C - hot enough to vaporise metals.
The planet's nightside, on the other hand, is 1,000 degrees cooler, allowing those metals to condense and rain out." Very interesting and cool!
"Wasp-76b, as it's known, orbits so close into its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C - hot enough to vaporise metals.
The planet's nightside, on the other hand, is 1,000 degrees cooler, allowing those metals to condense and rain out." Very interesting and cool!