On Giant Blue Alien Planet, It Rains Molten Glass

Friday, August 30, 2013 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life. Researchers say the blue color in the atmosphere likely comes from a rain of molten glass.

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