The Exoplanet Where Glass Rains Sideways at 5,000 MPH

[00:00:00]5,000 miles an hour, that's how fast winds may scream across HD 189733b, a deep blue world far beyond our solar system.

[00:00:13]From a distance, it looks almost peaceful, like a darker Earth, but this planet isn't blue from oceans, it's blue from alien haze.

[00:00:22]Scientists think silicate particles, the stuff in glass, could form high in its atmosphere, where the heat is brutal and the sky is poison.

[00:00:32]Then the planet's violent winds could whip that glass-like rain sideways, not down, sideways across a world roasted by its nearby star.

[00:00:42]The strangest part? From space, this nightmare world may shine like a peaceful sapphire. Would you visit HD 189733b from orbit?

[00:00:55]>> [music] >> And it's only one of billions out there.

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