Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh
NASA’s “nightmare world” HD 189733 b, just 64.5 light-years away, rains glass sideways in winds reaching 5,400 mph—seven times the speed of sound.
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Described as a “hot Jupiter,” this gas giant’s cobalt blue hue comes from a blow-torched atmosphere with silicate particles, not tropical oceans.
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Temperatures range between 919°C and 1,220°C (1,686°F to 2,220°F), making it a scorching hellscape where life cannot thrive.
The planet hurtles around its star at a blistering 341,000 mph, completing an orbit in just 2.2 Earth days.
NASA’s depiction of HD 189733 b includes a mock horror movie poster, branding it a “slasher planet” with killer weather.
First discovered by French astronomers in 2005, the planet was observed during its transit across its host star.
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HD 189733 b is located in the Vulpecula constellation, visible to stargazers using apps like Night Sky for tracking.
This “hot Jupiter” is unsuitable for alien life or colonization, given its extreme weather and uninhabitable conditions.
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“Getting caught in the rain here is more than an inconvenience; it’s death by a thousand cuts,” NASA starkly warns.
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