Metallic clouds reflect sunlight and have helped the unusual planet to retain its atmosphere.
When you look up at the night sky you see mostly stars, not planets — and that’s simply because planets are so much smaller and dimmer than stars. But you can see planets in our solar system, like Venus, which is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Due to its thick, dense atmosphere, Venus reflects 75% of the sun’s light, making it shine brightly. Recently, though, astronomers discovered a planet that reflects even more of its star’s light, making it the shiniest exoplanet ever found.
Recommended Videos “Imagine a burning world, close to its star, with heavy clouds of metals floating aloft, raining down titanium droplets,” said one of the researchers, James Jenkins of Diego Portales University, in a statement. “It was really a puzzle, until we realized we should think about this cloud formation in the same way as condensation forming in a bathroom after a hot shower,” explained researcher Vivien Parmentier of the Observatory of Côte d’Azur. “To steam up a bathroom you can either cool the air until water vapor condenses, or you can keep the hot water running until clouds form because the air is so saturated with vapor that it simply can’t hold any more.
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