Astronomy / Space Wasp-76b: The exotic inferno planet where it 'rains iron'

[Manticore]

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.

Wasp-76b: The exotic inferno planet where it 'rains iron'

Astronomers study an exotic planet where they suspect iron droplets fall through the atmosphere.

www.bbc.com

 

[Caramel Clown]

I thought it rains metal on Venus too, so not that exotic

 

[Raino]

I thought it rains metal on Venus too, so not that exotic

And Diamonds on Jupiter...