Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Astronomers have discovered one of the most terrifying worlds ever found: a giant exoplanet where temperatures soar so high that metal doesn't stay solid—it evaporates into the atmosphere. The planet, known as WASP-76b, orbits so close to its star that its dayside reaches more than 4,300°F, hot enough to turn iron and other metals into gas. Powerful winds then carry this vapor across the planet, where it cools, condenses, and falls as liquid metal rain on the nightside. The environment is so extreme that no human-made material could survive there for long, let alone a person facing hurricane-force winds, crushing gravity, and temperatures capable of vaporizing almost anything instantly. Join us as we explore WASP-76b, the terrifying planet where it rains metal from the sky, and discover why it has become one of the strangest and most extreme worlds ever detected beyond our Solar System.
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Astronomers have discovered one of the most terrifying worlds ever found: a giant exoplanet where temperatures soar so high that metal doesn't stay solid—it evaporates into the atmosphere. The planet, known as WASP-76b, orbits so close to its star that its dayside reaches more than 4,300°F, hot enough to turn iron and other metals into gas. Powerful winds then carry this vapor across the planet, where it cools, condenses, and falls as liquid metal rain on the nightside. The environment is so extreme that no human-made material could survive there for long, let alone a person facing hurricane-force winds, crushing gravity, and temperatures capable of vaporizing almost anything instantly. Join us as we explore WASP-76b, the terrifying planet where it rains metal from the sky, and discover why it has become one of the strangest and most extreme worlds ever detected beyond our Solar System.
Animation is created by Bright Side.
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https://www.eastnews.ru
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