Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock

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Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.

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WASP-76 b has many molecules listed in its atmosphere at this site. http://research.iac.es/proyecto/exoatmospheres/index.php

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[Torbjorn Larsson]

WASP-76 b has many molecules listed in its atmosphere at this site. http://research.iac.es/proyecto/exoatmospheres/index.php

They were looking at rock forming elements and the only metal not listed in the last reference - which is the arxiv version of the new paper - is the Ti of 2 detections of TiO in earlier papers.

But yes, a good reference!