A World Where Glass Falls Sideways
Blue light offers a lie. Silicate grains, heated until they can melt, may be thrown sideways by winds that outrun Earth's fiercest hurricanes. The answer is yes. HD 189733 b may host one of astronomy's nastiest forecasts, although the glass rain remains an inference rather than a filmed event.The physics is worse. Locked in a tight orbit around its star, the planet keeps one face under constant he...More
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