
Liquid gems may rain from the sky on this sizzling hot exoplanet
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It's so hot on exoplanet WASP-121b that the weather forecast includes metal clouds with a chance of rain made from liquid gems like rubies and sapphires. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere and weather patterns on the planet, located 855 light-years away.
A massive gas giant orbiting a star about 855 light-years from Earth, WASP-121b may have metal clouds and rain made of liquid gems, according to new research.
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