Scient­ists have detect­ed an exotic planet in anothe­r solar system where the weathe­r foreca­st is always direWASHINGTON: Scientists have detected an exotic planet in another solar system where the weather forecast is always dire – a 100 percent chance of the most outrageous rain imaginable, with droplets of scaldingly hot liquid iron. It is nearly twice the size of Jupiter, our solar system’s largest planet. Planets discovered outside our solar system are called exoplanets, and WASP-76b is one of the most extreme in terms of climate and chemistry. WASP-76b orbits at only three times the radius of that star, much closer than our solar system’s innermost planet Mercury orbits the sun. Molten iron rain may be a unique feature of these “ultra-hot” exoplanets, according to the University of Geneva astronomer David Ehrenreich, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature.

Source: The Express Tribune March 11, 2020 15:56 UTC