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The Most Horrifying Planets Ever Discovered

Close your eyes and let your mind drift to the most hostile worlds ever discovered. A gentle journey through planets that defy imagination. On HD 189733b, sideways rain of molten glass is carried by supersonic winds. WASP-76b vaporizes iron on its day side, raining molten metal at night. CoRoT-7b is a volcanic nightmare where one side is hot enough to vaporize rock, while the other freezes at -390°F. WASP-12b is being slowly devoured by its own star, stretched into an egg shape. Kepler-70b is hotter than the Sun's surface. Let the quiet terror of these distant worlds carry you into a deep and…

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