'Like a mirror': Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet

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'Like a mirror': Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet
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A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday (July 10).

PARIS — A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday .

The researchers then"realised we should think about this cloud formation in the same way as condensation forming in a bathroom after a hot shower," he said in a statement. But LTT9779b lives in a region called the"Neptune desert", where planets its size are not supposed to be found."We expect planets like this to have their atmosphere blown away by their star, leaving behind bare rock."

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