WASP-76b is a strange world.
As if WASP-76b werent weird enough.
The exoplanet orbits a star thats 50% more massive and 500 degrees Celsius hotter than the Sun.
Artist impression of a glory on exoplanet WASP-76b.Illustration: ESA
It sits around 12 times closer than Venus orbits the Sun.
Oh, and it also happens to rain iron on WASP-76b.
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