Context: A bizarre exoplanet that rains molten iron was discovered by astronomers. The exoplanet's weather conditions include a steady showering of molten iron rain, 2,400 degrees Celsius temperature, and winds above 10,000mph. They call this exoplanet the Wasp-76 b.

About Exoplanet

• An exoplanet is a planet that is located outside of our Solar System and one that is orbitting its own star, like how Earth orbits the Sun
• They are very hard to see with telescopes because they are often hidden by the brightness of their star
• Nasa sent the Kepler space telescope into orbit with the purpose of finding Earth sized exoplanets that might support life
• Over 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered so far and more missions to find even more exoplanets are planned
• A good way to spot an exoplanet is to look for "wobbly" stars because a disruption to star light can indicate that a planet is orbitting it and therefore blocking out light on occasion
• Expoplanets are very common in the Universe and the more we find that look like Earth the closer we get to knowing if we're not alone out there

About WASP-76 b

• WASP-76 b is a bizarre “ultrahot Jupiter” type exoplanet that lies about 640 light-years from the sun, in the constellation Pisces.
• WASP-76 b was discovered in 2013.
• The planet is about as massive as Jupiter but nearly twice as wide, likely because the massive radiation loads the exoplanet receives from its host star puff up its atmosphere considerably.