On the dark side, the mineral that’s closely related to the active ingredient in physical sunscreens condenses into crystalline flakes and forms clouds. Those clouds don’t stay clouds for long, though: since Kepler-13Ab’s gravity is six times more intense than Jupiter’s, it’s strong enough to pull the mineral out of the upper atmosphere. The team …
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