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Planet in 3-star system receives 'sunscreen snowfall'
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Saturday, 28 October, 2017
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, US-based astronomers have found a hot planet in a three-star system where the atmosphere "snows" titanium dioxide, an active ingredient in sunscreen. Kepler-13Ab's proximity to its host star makes it tidally locked, so one side always faces the star reaching a temperature of 2,760ºC, while the other side is in permanent darkness receiving snowfall.
read more at Phys