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🌋 A planet so extreme it shouldn't survive... yet it does.

WASP-76b is an ultra-hot exoplanet orbiting incredibly close to its star. Temperatures are high enough to vaporize metals, and research suggests iron may vaporize on the day side and condense into droplets on the cooler night side, creating the phenomenon often described as "iron rain."

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🌌 Would you visit a planet where it rains molten iron if you had the chance? 👇 Tell us your answer!

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