Friday Fun Fact – 27th February 2026

WASP-76b, a gas giant that is tidally locked, meaning it has one face that always faces its host star, around WASP-76, a star similar to our own, likely has raining iron. The hot side would be roughly 2400C, and the night side would be a “chilly” 1500c. Strong winds on the gas giant would lead to molten iron rain. It completes one full orbit around it’s star in only 43 hours! Mercury, the closest planet in our solar system, takes 88 days in comparison.