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Planets that would kill you in seconds, moons stranger than fiction, and the experiments we run on the universe from a rock in the suburbs of a galaxy.

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Planets That Punish · Part 1 · 10 episodes
  1. Planets where it rains diamonds
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    Planets where it rains diamonds

    Forget water! Some planets have skies that drop solid gems instead of raindrops

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  2. Saturn would float in water
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    Saturn would float in water

    Yep, the ringed planet is less dense than water, so it'd bob right on top

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  3. Uranus smells like rotten eggs
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    Uranus smells like rotten eggs

    It turns out sulphur compounds in its clouds are the smelly culprits

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  4. We can make diamonds rain on Neptune
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    We can make diamonds rain on Neptune

    Yep, scientists figured out how to make it rain diamonds on the ice giant

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  5. Venus's mountains are made of metal
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    Venus's mountains are made of metal

    Snowflakes of lead and bismuth drift down on Venus. Seriously!

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  6. Mars dust storms bury the whole planet
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    Mars dust storms bury the whole planet

    Yup, all of it. And these planet-wide dust-ups can stick around for months

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  7. Jupiter's moon has more volcanoes than Earth
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    Jupiter's moon has more volcanoes than Earth

    Io's fiery surface is a wild spectacle, more active than our own planet

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  8. Venus rotates slower than it orbits
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    Venus rotates slower than it orbits

    Yep, a day on Venus is longer than its year. Isn't that wild?

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  9. Pluto is smaller than Russia, really
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia, really

    Here's a quick look at how these two celestial bodies stack up size-wise

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  10. Venus bakes hotter than Mercury, and you're wrong about why
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    Venus bakes hotter than Mercury, and you're wrong about why

    It's not just about how close you are to the sun, it's about what traps the heat

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