Exoplanet HD 189733b is a “hot Jupiter,” a gas giant about the size of Jupiter, but so close to its parent star that it completes an orbit once every 2.2 Earth days! The planet’s deep blue color comes from “glass rain,” or falling silicate particles that scatter blue light.
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