Hallelujah, it’s raining… METAL?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Astronomers have discovered an ultra-hot, distant planet called WASP-76b, where daytime temperatures are hot enough to vaporize metals. Ouch! David Ehrenreich and team at the University of Geneva analyzed starlight filtering through the planet’s atmosphere.
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