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Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2023 - Chromium hydride (CrH), a molecule thats relatively rare and particularly sensitive to temperature, is useful as a thermometer for stars, according to astronomer Laura Flagg, because its abundan

Conditions on ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-76b are totally unlike anything here on Earth. Its hot enough there to vaporize metals.

Exoplanets – planets outside our Solar System – continue to provide astronomers with fascinating glimpses of other worlds, including the one designated WASP-76b. On this inferno-like planet, almost the size of Jupiter, the daytime surface temp

On a sizzling exoplanet hundreds of light-years from Earth, droplets of iron rain fall from the sky at night.

Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter – a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain – the fiery

ITHACA, N.Y. — Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter – a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain

On this sizzling exoplanet hundreds of light-years from Earth, droplets of iron rain fall from the sky at night.