in today's weather forecast, a steady drizzle of nuts and bolts with a small chance of M10's

@nkhethenintsieni2550

4 жыл бұрын

Ginglyst lols good one 😅😅😅😅

@rikosaikawa9024

4 жыл бұрын

Ginglyst yeah because the iron is refined before it rains

@matthewb5364

4 жыл бұрын

"Hail the size of cannonballs!" "Scratch that, they ARE cannonballs."

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

No washers? 😂

@Spoonwranglerz

4 жыл бұрын

Idk but this planet is metal af

Aliens on Saturn's moon Titan: "How do we know it rains WATER on EARTH?"

@vomm

4 жыл бұрын

Would they call it water when they only know ice? And why is there no word for fluid iron? Or is there?

@kari7403

4 жыл бұрын

@@vomm i don't think they is a word for it. What would you name it if given the chance?

@innsj6369

4 жыл бұрын

mk Molten iron has no other name to my understanding. I suppose since nearly all H2O on Titan is ice, hypothetical aliens on Titan might call water 'molten ice' because tbh it is

@astrumspace

4 жыл бұрын

@@innsj6369 molten ice, haha! Man I'm going to be using that from now on.

@innsj6369

4 жыл бұрын

Majestic Satire Those things are all things that are normally a gas at room temperature on Earth, though I suppose you could say 'liquid iron' if you wanted to

These are the kind of planetary phenomena my 10 year old imagination so wanted to be true! I'm 58 now, and just as awe inspired....

@MrSvenovitch

4 жыл бұрын

You're so old and that is what you are preoccupied with? Spent life riding the short bus?

@dimseablue136

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrSvenovitch bad dog, go back to minecraft

@jumbledmass5754

4 жыл бұрын

I've wanted aliens to exist. Even though we can't meet them, if we only saw their existence, it would be enough for me. Maybe when I'm 58, that will be the reality.

@Hence_Diane555

4 жыл бұрын

Sven lmao try harder

@sfsaviation

4 жыл бұрын

Jumbled Mass doesnt even have to be the big green 3 fingered mind reading kind of alien, just anything alive on a planet other than our own would be nice

Now that's what you call a ferrous wheel.

@poop_guy

4 жыл бұрын

I Fe-el you there

@Declan-pg8cg

4 жыл бұрын

@@poop_guy You guys are really showing your metal. It's nice to have a few alloys on my side for once.

@polemius01

4 жыл бұрын

You win the internet!

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, the IRONy contained in your statement.

@Declan-pg8cg

3 жыл бұрын

@@workhardism You can steel it if you want?

Since the planet is tidally locked, there must be a constant flow of molten iron from the night side to the day side, where it evaporates again. Truly a sight to behold.

@OldManRoo

4 жыл бұрын

But if it's a gas giant, there's no surface for the iron to land on. I was also thinking about a constantly increasing diameter around the rain zone, until I realized there should only be a ball of gas. So what becomes of the solidified iron rain?

@alexandruianu8432

4 жыл бұрын

@@OldManRoo It's hotter in the deeper levels, so it gets slowly vaporized again (like virga) and flows towards the lower parts of the atmosphere on the day side, pulled by currents driven by the lower pressure on the day side.

@OldManRoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandruianu8432 Thank you! I love learning about this stuff!

@yakiralovesall

4 жыл бұрын

Alexander Mirdzveli where’s the pic of it

@dffkll3058

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandruianu8432 does sound like hell. Ah, what would I give to explore the universe.

I absolutely enjoy how you can convey as much useful information as possible in under 6 minutes. Well done once again.

wow. the universe is just so incredibly fascinating

I've seen a few news articles about this one and had wondered how they could tell that something so far away "rained iron". Thank you for the explanation.

@user-bh1ki4yt8u

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know this 1400 years ago that iron came down from the sky?

Saw an article about this the other day and thought I'd love to see one of your videos about it 🙂

Your graphics are very educational, but above all beautiful.

Seriously, every time I hear about something new in space, it reminds me how little of the universe exists on earth. Yet this is our whole world, and the only world we know of yet with life - or at least life that's definitely biologically compatable with us.

In winter waspinators bundle up in asbestos to go skating on frozen iron lakes and have a nice cup of lava to warm up.

The universe never ceases to amaze me 😱

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

And I always amaze the Universe when I cease to seize it. 🤪

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I like to seize the universe, when I amaze it. 👍

Such a great job done explaining the finding and the methods! I love your work!

I love the sound of that! “Iron Rain!” Very metal!

Another awesome video. I love the visuals.

Woah, that's pretty metal.

We can tell what the weather is like on a planet 640 light years away yet my local weather is never correct 🤣

@innsj6369

4 жыл бұрын

Well this exoplanetary weather report is hardly accurate. All we know is that 'it will rain iron, somewhere'. Imagine if you opened your weather app and it just said "It will rain somewhere this month idk when"

Love your videos man, they're a brilliant dish for people with extremely hungry curiosity for the universe. Keep it up!!

Just wanna say a big thanks from down under. Love all your videos, always good and informative, I also like the way you explain things. Cheers mate

It's truly worthy to subscribe your channel. Thanks for all the hardwork and awesome explanations .

Your voice is so calming and optimistic ! :)

Now THAT is a heavy metal planet. Sounds like its perfect for a metalhead like me \m/

@1878religion

4 жыл бұрын

\m/

@kari7403

4 жыл бұрын

😆🍻👍

@michaellidster1389

4 жыл бұрын

One day we will have death metal concerts there. Probably satanic festivals too I guess.

@kari7403

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaellidster1389 One can only hope. *Solemn nodding of head.*

MORE SCIENCE!!!! I need more!!!

You answered my question that came in my mind yesterday.

How do we know that it's *raining* iron, as opposed to the planet expelling iron from its orbit as it's very close to the Roche limit and the iron is already in the upper atmosphere? I remember hearing previously that it was leaking iron.

@innsj6369

4 жыл бұрын

No iron can be detected on the morning side of the planet, implying the iron disappeared below the clouds during the night time.

@innsj6369

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheExoplanetsChannel Oh indeed

@DanDeLeoninthefield

4 жыл бұрын

Could be both iron rain and loss of iron.

@Dragrath1

4 жыл бұрын

If the Iron was being stripped from the planet the tell tale clue would be an enhanced Iron signature within the star itself compared to its initial metallicity which we unfortunately can't . As we know only the difference of the spectrum of the star versus the star when the planet transits any Iron lost to the star would become part of the background spectrum which means that loss of iron to the star wouldn't be detectable so the difference should be precipitation. However the planet is almost certainly losing mass including Iron. (Though lighter elements like hydrogen will be more likely to be stripped than heavier elements it is a statistical process).

@spilledbitch

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dragrath1 thanks for the comprehensive answer!

Well done. You just earned yourself a new subscriber

Conversely it hails ball bearings when it gets cold. LOL

@anonb4632

4 жыл бұрын

I just wonder what the rainbows look like.

I wonder if, at that orbital speed, the planet is still round.

@flamethrowercandle2354

4 жыл бұрын

Like your mom?

@richardaitkenhead

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe cause she ain't hawt n round and this planet is defo hawt but as op is it round ???? Jokes aside it's a good original question

@princereechaos133

2 жыл бұрын

It should be, while it is orbiting quickly the fact that it's tidally locked means it's rotation speed is pretty standard, meaning it really shouldn't be any less spherical than Earth is

Kudos to all the scientist for knowing these millions of kilometers away from the object.

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually over 6 quadrillion kilometers or 6,000 million-million kilometers away.

Like damn! It actuall rains iron?! What could be worse? WASP-76b: Lets make the iron rain MOLTEN too.

I was watching a video about formation of our moon. When it was forming, it had what looked like oceans of lava. Of course that is too hot for us and we prefer it to be cooled to the point that it is solid rock. Then I thought of our oceans of water. How many life forms may think that is as hot to them as lava is to us. Life may be more adaptive and/or specific to its environment than we think.

@czechslovakian

4 жыл бұрын

“Remember kids, water is just molten ice” - some aliens on an ice world

@eccomz

4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Cink You need to learn a little reading. I in no way said life would be swimming in lava, I said life in frozen water may find liquid water as too hot for them.

That's orbiting once every 43.2 hours. Dang! 😵

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

That really tells you something how close it's orbiting its star!

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

It's like in a big rush to go nowhere. Lol.

Wasp-67b: It's a bit hot today Earth: How can you tell Wasp-67b: I literally smelting

Just a theory on the reason behind 76b orbiting in the same gravitational lane. : is it possible that the planet’s star, (76) is effected somehow by the magnetic iron it contains ?

Great explanation about how they have predicted this conditions on this planet; lots of concepts coming together - CheerZ!

"Iron Rain" would made a cool rock band name. Heck, we have had Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, Iron Angel, Iron Cross, et al. And let us not forget...METALLICA! Great video Alex...rock on!

@DLBBALL

4 жыл бұрын

Raining iron!!! From an evaporated sky!!!

I’m a lot more fascinated by the orbiting within the atmosphere part. Also the interaction between the 2 magnetic fields. I’m going to have to make a note to keep an eye out for papers on this one.

Literally the most METAL planet in the universe

Me: Cool, new Astrum video My brain: This is ASMR, sleep mode activated

@colinsmith9052

4 жыл бұрын

You got me eagerly looking up what ASMR was all about. For a long time now I've been puzzled why videos like this make me feel drowsy even though im intensely interested in them. You've possibly given me the answer. Thanks👍

thankyou astrum for another fascinating video.. did i hear about "diamond rain" somewhere? was it jupiter??

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Astrum's videos should make it on a streaming service like CuriosityStream or other documentary oriented services. They are simply THAT good.

Interesting but confusing. How does a tidally locked planet have a "morning" side?

@astrumspace

4 жыл бұрын

The wind rotates in the atmosphere, but deeper down in the planet, it'll be tidally locked

@taboovsknowledge1603

4 жыл бұрын

It is the area that is half light, half dark. As the hot iron traverses to the dark side, it cools and falls.

My research topic focuses on this exoplanet! I am on the initial phase. Oh I really want to dig more!

I wonder if this is a older binary. There the larger star captured the smaller star and, over time, leeched away all the lighter gases leaving only the core of the smaller star. The presence of all the iron could mean it was a middle aged star.

Thanks. I'm actually more interested in the idea that the heat of the day-side would be enough to ionize gases, and in the effect this might have on the planet's dynamics. But iron rain is certainly sci-fi-sounding! tavi.

Thanks For The Updated Information. 😚✌📷📡

Imagine standing on a hill while also it is raining iron.

Well presented.

Very interesting Alex!

At Earth's atmospheric pressure iron boiling point is >2800°C. This wasn't mentioned, but I guess atmosphere of that giant should be thicker. Therefore I don't believe 2400°C there is enough for significant iron evaporation.

@travissmith2056

4 жыл бұрын

I pointed this same thing out on a post to this video yesterday. (Iron melts at 1538 °C and turns into a gas at 2862 °C) I just found another video with this same story so I was was just going to copy/ past this discrepancy on that video also. Seems my post here got DELETED. WTF!? That's just sad...

What if...THIS is where we find life. A race of collosal Titans with liquid metal blood

@yonatanalem9343

4 жыл бұрын

Liquid Metal Blood sounds like a metal band.

@Marisa-xu9pn

4 жыл бұрын

@Dude Dudi 🤣 creepy

@stevehutton5681

4 жыл бұрын

Skynet knows your location. A Terminator will be dispatched shortly.

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

I think we have the plot to a future Marvel movie.

"Only one side of the planet faces the star at any given time..." Wouldn't that be true of any planet? Tidally locked means only one side of the planet ever faces the star.

In a court room this would be considered circumstantial evidence and no one really knows. Its a great estimation for sure

@pansepot1490

4 жыл бұрын

Spectrography is a direct measurement so iron presence is not circumstantial. The “estimate” is how the iron cycle on the planet would work.

@DrPonner

4 жыл бұрын

This isn’t a court room

@sagnorm1863

4 жыл бұрын

You have it backwards. Science is way more demanding in terms of evidence than a courtroom.

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

This evidence is strong enough to overcome reasonable doubt.

It is awe inspiring that we can know so much from a few photons. It's better than any magic. Thanks for bringing this to the world.

Aliens on WASP-76b: How do we know there in no intelligent life on Earth?

@workhardism

3 жыл бұрын

There isn't.

My question isn't how they know that, is how the heck Iron can form clouds

SciCraft's new iron golem farm sounds awesome

Planets are also detected using the radial validity method and do not necessarily have to be aligned with our pov to be confirmed

Maybe in the future there would be none to remember the achievements of *HOOMANS* .

@tiihtu2507

4 жыл бұрын

What is a man... a miserable little pile of secrets.

Super interesting.

It would be cool to find a planet that rains Uranium.

I think it'll give you a new meaning for the colors of the universe.

That's some serious heavy metal.

As usual, a shouout to Esa for their telescope naming brilliance. I wonder where they go with it for the successor of the AHT (Absolutely Humongous Telescope.

Love how it smells after a rain but holy cow! I can’t even imagine

@diggitydoo5836

3 жыл бұрын

Broccoli is full of iron, it probably just smells like cheesy broccoli soup.

do you have a video where you explain in much detail how they are analyzing planet from really far??!!

If the gas is made of iron is it still a gas giant?

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is, because it mainly consists of other so called "real gases", whereas the iron gas constitutes just a tiny fraction of the total volume.

Do a short video for types of galaxies please

heyy!! my home planet!

i wish knowledge could be infinite. Thanks :)

You're gonna need a sturdy umbrella there then! 🤔

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, made of a ridiculously big diamond. 😅

@ZeppelinAdventures25

4 жыл бұрын

@@perpetualbystander4516 you can buy that on 55 Cancri e

@perpetualbystander4516

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZeppelinAdventures25 Yes, that's exactly where I'd go shopping if I wanted to find all sorts of diamond products. 😂

Everything about this planet is crazy! Within the atmosphere of the star!? Tidally locked? I'd think that the planet will not last too long.

Iron rain, huh? Don't let Commander Boreal find out about it.

Weird how so many videos with this very topic have appeared, so recently

On Venusian mountains it maybe snows lead cause on Maxwell montes was detected potential lead and bismuth frost

Almost looks like a smiley face in that star/planet. 1:01

0:52 it doesn't take Time for distances in space to go to light year unit of measurement does it

Finally my question is answered I always wonder how they knew.

Brutal rains iron in the dark at incinerating temps

@2:50 The law of universal gravitation is impacted by dark matter density and baryonic matter density in the region and therefore is not really universal, no?

How do we know it's not raining an unknown element similar to iron but with other uses and is rain a universal thing in every manner or are there different systems?

Melty Molten Galaxy confirmed in real life.

We measure it’s color by looking at its color and measuring its color that we got from looking at its color

perfect wheather for BALLBEARING FARMING

So should there be a planet-spanning iron wall/mountain ridge at the day-night transition? With all the iron raining down there on a tidally locked planet...

How have I not discovered you sooner?

Should make for some strange magnetic forces!

You can't just tell me there's a planet made of diamond and just skip over that! What?!

I’m going to my doctor for a spectroscopy appointment soon, wish me luck!

Wut for some reason it never crossed my mind that iron can be in the gas state, since the liquid state already is 'rare'.

That would make a great source of iron ore, when we can get it.

I ain’t livin on No wasp planet had enough of that here on earth

@WildBillCox13

4 жыл бұрын

I am a W.AS.P. and, strange to say, I need more iron. Or so the doctor tells me.

@mussymuss1

4 жыл бұрын

@@098c9 they could be talking about the insect😂.

@terapeo2027

4 жыл бұрын

098 C - what can I do brother. You left my indian civilization dirt poor after looting it by the trillions same goes for China and Africa. I had to follow you here.

@WildBillCox13

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, good old Hate Speech. The reason the world is so screwed up. Thanks for your service.

@terapeo2027

4 жыл бұрын

098 C - bringing up to speed? Do you know what Columbus, Marco Polo and others had in common? They all heard of India’s riches in their legends. You stole trillions from China, Africa and India not to mention the slave trade.

Nobody ever considers a gas giant orbiting too closely to its star because the star expanded, like they predict for our solar system...

I still think the planet where there's storms that carry glass shards at stupid speeds is more brutal.

If you don't think that we had spaceships to go take the stuff out and we travel to these places like Star Trek and check them out keep your head to shake. Wake me Jack Parsons who said we have the ability to take ET home. He was head of Skunk Works at that time. You think he's either getting it from using both Hubble telescope's positioned outside of the Earth's atmosphere for triangulation using the Doppler effect to determine the atmosphere of a planet 640 light years away. Come on you know I've got some land for sale at the South Pole would like to buy it

What would it even mean for a gas giant to be tidally locked. Would it be the atmosphere, the planet's core, or it's magnetic field that would always have the same side facing the star

In star trek, they don't like visiting these planets. They avoid em so much we didn't know they existed. And why don't Starfleet have suits composed of shields. Plus tech for humans to hover and fly without a vehicle. Anyhoo

Why does the first graphic of the evaporating planet show the planet way bigger than it's sun...?

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