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Astronomers have discovered that the planet WASP-76B rains molten metal and there are rainbows

Using data from ESA’s Extraterrestrial Characterization Satellite (CHEOPS) and several other ESA and NASA missions, astronomers detected a rainbow-like ” We found signs of the “Glory Effect.” This effect occurs when light is reflected from a perfectly uniform but previously unknown cloud of material. The “glory effect” is often observed on Earth, but it has only been detected once on another planet, Venus.

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