Artist's illustration of the super-hot exoplanet WASP-79b, located 780 light-years away. The planet orbits precariously close to a star that is much hotter than our sun. The planet is larger than Jupiter, and its very deep, hazy atmosphere sizzles at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit -- the temperature of molten glass. [(Image: © NASA, ESA and L. Hustak (STScI)]
We can now add atmospheric craziness to WASP-79b’s already substantial exotic appeal.
The home world of the Murder Wasps.
Tell Fleet to glass that rock.
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Man those aliens sure pass a lot of gas don’t they?
We might, too, if it weren’t for all our water.
Oh, the sky was yellow and the sun was blue...