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.
This strange world, which is more than 260 light years from Earth, reflects 80 percent of the light from its host star, according to new observations from Europe’s exoplanet-probing Cheops space telescope.
That makes it the first exoplanet comparably shiny as Venus, which is the brightest object in our night sky other than the Moon.
First discovered in 2020, the Neptune-sized planet called LTT9779b orbits its star in just 19 hours.
Because it is so close, the side of the planet facing its star is a sizzling ...
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