00:00Imagine a world where the weather forecast isn't a drizzle of water, but a downpour of molten iron.
00:06This is WASP-76b, a hot Jupiter located 640 light-years away that redefines our understanding of cosmic horror.
00:16Because this planet is tidally locked, one side perpetually faces its star,
00:22roasting at a staggering 2,400 degrees Celsius, a temperature hot enough to vaporize metal.
00:30These extreme conditions turn iron into a gas that is swept by high-speed winds toward the eternal nightside.
00:37As the vapor hits the cooler darkness, it condenses into liquid droplets and falls as lethal metallic rain.
00:46Recent observations have even detected a glory effect, ethereal, rainbow-like rings glowing in the hellish atmosphere.
00:55It is a place of terrifying beauty.
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