Scientists discover "bizarre hell planet" where it rains rocks into lava oceans

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/06/scientists-discover-bizarre-hell-planet-where-it-rains-rocks-into-lava-oceans.html

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The shadow line between the day and night sides is reputed to be quite tolerable, though.

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The floor IS lava!

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There be dwarves, towering thunderheads of silicate cracking their vast anvil skulls against the ripe crust while great streams of iron fountain up up up to dance in the glare of laserlight sunbeams again.

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Never gets old.

Way off topic but I saw this the other day and thought, Mister44 would like this.

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Called the “terminator”; that gives me pause. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Basically describes Io.

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The 5000 km/hr breezes keep it pleasantly cool.

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Maybe Elon Musk can moonshot Trump and his family there for a long vacation. Take Bannon, too!

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Yep, that sounds like something they’d find in 2020, all right.

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The locals seem quite friendly.

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Beware of flying spheres.

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