Imagine a planet where it rains molten glass sideways, or a world where iron falls from the sky at night. These are not science fiction. They are real planets confirmed by telescopes.

In this video, we explore the strangest exoplanets ever discovered, from glass-rain giants and lava oceans to planets with two or even four suns, rogue worlds drifting without a star, and planets orbiting dead stars.

🪐 WORLDS IN THIS VIDEO
HD 189733b – the glass-rain planet
WASP-76b – the iron-rain planet
55 Cancri e & Kepler-78b – lava worlds
Kepler-16b, Kepler-47 & PH1b – planets with multiple suns
TrES-2b, KELT-9b & TOI-2109b – the darkest and hottest worlds
PSO J318.5-22 – a rogue planet with no sun
Pulsar planets & WD 1856 b – planets around dead stars
Kepler-37b, Kepler-10b & Kepler-138b – tiny rocky worlds
TRAPPIST-1, Proxima Centauri b, LHS 1140 b, K2-18b, TOI-700 d & Kepler-186f – potentially habitable worlds
WASP-17b, TrES-4b, Kepler-1658b, HD 209458b & GJ 436b – puffy, doomed and evaporating planets
GJ 1214b, Kepler-22b & PSR J1719-1438 b – water worlds and a possible diamond planet
51 Pegasi b – the discovery that changed astronomy

⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:17 How We Discover These Worlds
2:13 The Glass-Rain Planet
3:31 The Iron-Rain Planet
4:31 Lava Worlds
5:44 Planets With Multiple Suns
7:02 The Darkest & Hottest Worlds
8:51 Planets Without Suns
10:00 Planets Around Dead Stars
11:13 Tiny Rocky Worlds
12:09 Potentially Habitable Worlds
13:52 The Weirdest Planetary Properties
15:53 Water Worlds, Diamond Worlds & Scientific Uncertainty
17:24 The Discovery That Changed Astronomy
19:58 The Bigger Picture
22:27 The Future of Exoplanet Exploration

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