StringJunky Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Astronomers have observed a distant planet where it probably rains iron. It sounds like a science fiction movie, but this is the nature of some of the extreme worlds we're now discovering. Wasp-76b, as it's known, orbits so close in to 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. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51828871
MigL Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Don't think an umbrella would help much... And the 'snow' would hurt like hell. Edited March 12, 2020 by MigL 1
StringJunky Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, MigL said: Don't think an umbrella would help much... And the 'snow' would hurt like hell. I don't think much would withstand the hailstones.
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