A massive gas giant orbiting a star about 855 light-years from Earth, WASP-121b may have metal clouds and rain made of liquid gems, according to new research
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. A study showing how water atmospherically cycles between the planet's two sides published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy.The planet, first discovered in 2015, is considered to be an ultrahot Jupiter-like planet because it's hotter and has a greater mass and diameter than the largest planet in our solar system.Since then, researchers have made discoveries that show WASP-121b only gets stranger the more they learn.
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