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There’s a planet that experiences metallic snow.
On the planet WASP-178b, temperatures are so high that metals exist as vapors in the atmosphere. These metallic vapors condense on the planet's cooler nightside, creating snow made of titanium oxide. This exotic weather cycle is unlike anything seen in our solar system.
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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.
K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...
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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.
Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...
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There’s a planet that orbits its star every 18 hours.
WASP-19b orbits so close to its star that a year on this planet lasts just 18 hours. This...