A Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron?! (3 Facts)

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]One exoplanet is so hot it rains molten iron from its night sky. Stick around for all three.

[00:00:05]HD189733b likely gets rain made of glass, whipped sideways by winds around 5,400 mph.

[00:00:13]It's also deep blue, but not from oceans, from scorching light-scattering haze.

[00:00:17]TRAPPIST-1 has seven Earth-size planets just 39 light-years away, and the whole system could fit inside Mercury's orbit.

[00:00:24]At least three sit in the habitable zone, stacked so close they tug on each other like a cosmic chain.

[00:00:30]Tap subscribe before fact three. It sounds like sci-fi, but it's real.

[00:00:34]The first confirmed exoplanets were found in 1992 orbiting a pulsar, PSR B1257+12.

[00:00:41]That's a dead star crushed into a city-sized neutron star, spinning about 160 times per second, and it still has planets circling it.

[00:00:49]Which fact broke your brain the most?

[00:00:51]Comment one, two, or three.