drunkondiscordia

drunkondiscordia t1_jc3udh8 wrote

Iron rain on Wasp-76b

Exoplanet Wasp-76b orbits so close in to its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C - hot enough to vaporise metal.

The planet's nightside, on the other hand, is 1,000 degrees cooler, allowing those metals to condense and rain out.

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