This content vividly describes the extreme and lethal conditions on several exoplanets, using hypothetical scenarios of human survival to illustrate their hellish environments.
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Let's start with the ones that are
terrifying and work our way towards the
ones that are hellish nightmares. Number
seven, the burning ice planet. Giza 436b
is one of the most terrifying planets
you will ever hear about. A hot Neptune
gas giant that orbits very close to its
star and is about four times Earth's
radius. But let's talk about what makes
this planet so terrifying. It is
believed that the planet's entire
surface is covered in extremely hot ice
capable of reaching temperatures above
800° F. Now, I know that sounds
confusing and makes no sense. But don't
worry, lucky for you guys, I know how to
read, so let me break this down a bit
further. This bizarre superheated ice is
formed by the planet's immense
atmospheric pressure, not by cold. But
instead of me just rambling off facts
and telling you about these terrifying
planets, let's make this a bit more fun.
I will be placing you on each of these
planets so we can see exactly what would
happen to a human under these extreme
conditions. Let's begin. You are now in
a modern spaceship and are just about to
enter Giza 436b's atmosphere. A terrible
decision. Instantly, the spaceship
begins to overheat and its structural
components start to deform thanks to the
planet's atmosphere being primarily made
of heated helium and hydrogen. Around
the 30-second mark, things can go one of
two ways. The ship could be crushed from
the increasing pressure or the entire
ship could vaporize from the blazing
heat. Congratulations, you survived
anywhere from 30 to 90 seconds. But for
the sake of the video, let's say you
were in an indestructible spacecraft and
managed to safely land on the planet's
icy surface. What would you experience
then? As you step out of the ship, all
the moisture in your body instantly
flash boils, then vaporizes, leaving you
dead within a couple of seconds. Let's
try that again, but this time you're
wearing an indestructible spacuit. As
you step out of the ship, you see the
glowing ice covered surface and you feel
the spacuit vibrate from the high winds.
You look up and are greeted with a dark
black red sky. Powerful lightning storms
light up the atmosphere, revealing the
enormous and violent storms all around
you. Honestly, it's a pretty chill
experience compared to what's to come.
Number six, the terrifying gas planet HD80606b
HD80606b
is yet another horrifying planet. A hot
Jupiter gas giant with a wildly
elongated orbit that is about 11 times
larger than Earth's radius. The reason
why this planet is so scary has to do
with its incredibly wild temperature
swings as it goes from deep space to
nearly touching its star. When the
planet is closest to its star, the
temperature goes from around 450 to over
2,000° F in just 6 hours. Now, I know
it's hard to visualize these numbers, so
let me put it in a way we can all
understand. 450°
cooks a beautiful pizza, while 2,000°
cooks a terrible pizza. Hope that helps.
But let the simulation begin. You are
back in a modern-day spaceship and are
about to enter the planet's atmosphere.
Of course, you will be entering the
planet at its hottest. As you enter, the
ship's speed instantly begins to
accelerate at incredible speeds thanks
to the planet's gravitational pool.
Within seconds, the outside of the
ship's temperature rises over 7,000°,
which begins to erode the craft's heat
shield. Around the 30-second mark, you
begin to descend past violent storms,
high winds, and violent jet streams as
pieces of your ship melt and vaporize.
Around 60 seconds, the hull begins to
deform and eventually implode due to the
everinccreasing atmospheric pressure,
which means you have imploded as well.
Congratulations. You survived an entire
minute, a new personal best. Let's try
that again. But this time, you invested
in Bitcoin at 10 cents and were able to
purchase an indestructible spacecraft.
So, what would happen if you were to
step out of the ship at the planet's
buoyancy point wearing no protective
gear? In less than a millisecond after
the hatch opens, you would be crushed to
a pulp, then completely vaporized into
the metallic ocean. Now, for that one
person at NASA who accidentally let this
video autoplay, I got you. If you were
to step outside the ship, this time
wearing a modern-day NASA space suit,
you would be crushed to a pulp than
completely vaporized. This is because
the atmosphere is millions to hundreds
of millions of times more pressurized
than Earth's, and oceans made of metal
are apparently very hot. Let's try that
again, but this time you're wearing an
indestructible and highly advanced space
suit. What would you experience then? As
you exit the spaceship, you instantly
lose sight of it in the hazy glowing
infinite ocean. You no longer know up
from down as you float suspended in the
endless abyss. Out of nowhere,
electrical currents trickle around you,
giving off light, if only for a second.
An absolute nightmare. permanently stuck
playing an ocean level. Number five, the
disappearing planet. Cororo 7b is one of
the hottest rocky planets ever
discovered. A rocky super Earth,
approximately 70% larger in radius than
Earth. Now, what makes this planet so
terrifying is its extreme proximity to
its star as it is 60 times closer to its
sun than Earth is. It is also tidily
locked, meaning that the same side is
always facing its star, creating a lava
ocean on one side and a dark rocky oven
inferno on the other. The planet reaches
temperatures up to 3,600°
F, which is so hot that its rocky
surface is literally evaporating into
space, slowly shrinking the planet.
Here's what would happen if you were to
enter the planet's atmosphere with this
state-of-the-art spacecraft. Instantly,
the craft's heat shield reaches over
7,000° and begins to erode rapidly.
[music] Within 20 seconds, the craft's
outer shell begins to crack and melt,
destroying insulation and causing the
inside of the ship's temperature to
quickly rise, baking you alive. Within
30 to 45 seconds, the entire ship is
shredded to pieces, then quickly
vaporize with no traces of its existence
left behind. But let's say you were in
an indestructible ship and managed to
land on the planet's surface. What would
happen then? As the hatch opens, your
eyes, skin, and organs would vaporize in
seconds before you ever felt a thing.
Let's try that again, but this time
you're in an indestructible and highly
advanced space suit. As you step out of
the ship, you're instantly blinded by
the sun. Since it's 360 times larger
than our sun from Earth, luckily, you
would be able to walk on the lava ocean
since molten rock is incredibly dense.
It would feel like walking on burning
tar that clings to your feet with every
step you take, turning the fun outdoor
adventure into an exhausting workout.
But if you were lucky enough to spawn on
the dark side of the planet, you would
actually be able to walk around freely
on solid ground. Well, at least when
you're not busy being tossed hundreds of
feet into the air by the planet's
violent and powerful winds. Number four,
Wasp 127b. Wasp 127b is yet another
incredibly horrifying planet. a gas
giant that is about 15 times Earth's
radius. One of the many reasons why this
planet is so terrifying is that it
currently holds the record for the
highest winds ever recorded. For
reference, the highest non-turnatic wind
speed ever recorded on Earth is
approximately 250 mph, which is strong
enough to send a human hundreds of feet
into the air. Neptune, which has the
highest winds in our solar system, has
winds that reach as high as 1,500 mph,
faster than the speed of sound and
almost four times faster than the winds
of Jupiter's red spot. Winds this high
would obliterate you on contact,
reducing your body to a cloud of
vaporized tissue. But get this, WASP
127b has a recorded wind speed of over 20,500
20,500
mph. A regular person hit by a wind
force this strong would be completely
erased from existence instantaneously.
But okay, let's say you manage to enter
the planet's atmosphere with a modern
spacecraft. [music] Within 5 to 10
seconds, the craft's heat shield is
destroyed by the thick metalrich
atmosphere. Around the 15-second mark,
the craft and everything inside is torn
apart and swept into the jetream. The
craft and your body are shredded,
scattered, and absorbed into the winds,
erased. so completely that it's as if
you were never there. But just for fun,
let's say you were a stormchaser with
tech so advanced you could fly into
these storms in an indestructible
spacecraft and stepped out in an
indestructible space suit. Well, you
would instantly be taken by the wind and
crushed inside of the suit from the
extreme G-forces, separating soft tissue
from the bones. Obviously, the suit
still needs a bit of work. Number three,
the iron rain furnace. WASP 76b is a
terrifying hot Jupiter gas giant
infamous for its molten iron rain and
winds that reach over 10,000 mph. The
planet is massive, nearly twice the size
of Jupiter's radius and around 20 times
Earth's. The planet is also so close to
its star that it's tidily locked. One
side is forever scorched by intense
heat, while the other remains a dark,
hellish landscape lit only by its molten
iron rain. But let's say you were placed
in charge of a modern spacecraft and
enter the planet's atmosphere on its
sunny side. The craft will immediately
report temperatures hotter than molten
lava. Around the 3-second mark, the heat
begins to destroy the craft's heat
shield thanks to the iron vapor in the
atmosphere. And around the 5 to 10
second mark, the craft's entire
structure begins to melt, which includes
you. Around the 20 second mark, the
entire craft and you are nothing but
debris taken by the high winds, which
eventually get so hot that they
vaporize, leaving no traces of your
existence. Since I've already covered
what would happen if you exited a ship
at the buoyancy point of a gas planet,
let's switch it up a bit. This time,
you're an adrenaline junkie looking for
your next fix. So, you'll be skydiving
into the planet and gulping down some
air. Within a fraction of a second,
you're incinerated. Now, just because I
know you're wondering, let's say you
skydived on the dark side of the planet,
away from its sun. Within a fraction of
a second, your skin and eyes flash. Your
lungs and organs collapse under the
atmospheric pressure. And as your body
is ragdalled across the sky, molten iron
rain sears through your crushed body.
Within one to two seconds, the scorching
winds shred you into tiny pieces, which
quickly sizzle into vapor carried away
by the storm. So, a bit better this
time. But let's say you exited the craft
wearing an indestructible spaceacuit and
decided to skydive into the planet. What
would you experience then? As you freef
fall through thin gas clouds, your
descent quickly increases in speed. A
few minutes later, the sky shifts into a
glowing orange haze. As you continue
passing through thick vapors in the
atmosphere, out of nowhere, your body is
violently spun and tossed in random
directions as supersonic winds slam into
you. That's when the noise of the storm
roars all around you as if you were
inside a massive hurricane. Lightning
storms arc overhead, exposing the alien
metallic clouds in the environment.
Around this point, you will see the
infamous molten iron rain spreading as
far as your eyes can see. As you
continue to fall deeper into the
atmosphere, light fades, sounds
disappear as you are submerged deeper
into the reflective ocean of metallic
hydrogen. Once you finally reach the
planet's core, you will be completely
surrounded by what looks like a glowing
fog made of superheated matter. Your
final resting place. Number two, the
planet being eaten alive. Wasp 12b is
one of the most unique and terrifying
planets ever discovered. This is what
the planet looks like. Disgusting. The
reason it looks so ugly and deformed is
that it's currently in a death spiral
with its star slowly being eaten alive.
A visible trail of gas can be seen
feeding the nearby star. Its close
proximity to its star also means it's
tidily locked. So, one side is forever
scorched with radiation and heat, while
the other is forever scorched with
radiation and heat, but also completely
dark. The planet is a hot Jupiter gas
giant that is almost twice the radius of
Jupiter and nearly 22 times Earth's. But
let's get to the good stuff. Let's say
you were to enter the planet's
atmosphere on the ugly deformed side.
Well, surprisingly, you would still be
pulled towards the planet rather than
the star since at this range, the
planet's gravitational pull is much
stronger. The moment you enter, the
craft's [music] heat shield begins to
glow from the intense heat, and the
temperature inside quickly begins to
skyrocket as well. Around the 5 to 20
second mark, winds as high as 1,000 mph
slam into the craft, vaporizing the
craft's shielding at incredible speed.
Then around the 20 to 60 second mark,
the entire ship is fully consumed,
shredded apart into molten debris as the
metal becomes liquid before everything
eventually vaporizes. Let's try again,
but this time you've entered the cheat
code indestructible spacecraft. And
[music] instead of exiting at the
planet's atmosphere, buoyancy point, or
core, you will be exiting here, right at
the center of the planet and its star.
Time to find out whether you would go
towards the star or towards the planet.
Place your bets in three, two, one, go.
Okay, try again, but this time we're
shedding the bulk and heavy weight of
the ship, only wearing a light and
indestructible spaceuit. Where would you
go then? Place your bets and three, two,
one, go. Yeah, obviously you head
towards the star again. That should have
been really, really obvious. Number one,
the glass storm planet. HD189733b
is a hellish planet that is worse than
any nightmare you could ever possibly
dream of. The planet is enormous, around
15 times Earth's radius. From the
outside looking in, it appears to be a
larger version of Earth covered with
beautiful tropical beaches. But I guess
it's time to find out what would happen
if you were to enter this planet's
atmosphere. You are back in a modern-day
spacecraft and have just entered what
you thought was a vacation getaway.
[music] Instantly, the ship begins to
glow due to the high heat of the
atmosphere. A great sign that you picked
the right day to go to the beach. Around
the 5-second mark, the craft's heat
shield begins to warp, melt, and
vaporize. 10 seconds in, supersonic
winds slam into the craft as molten
glass particles in the atmosphere shred
the craft to [music] tiny pieces. Within
20 to 30 seconds, the tiny pieces of the
craft and you are completely vaporized
and carried away by the wind. It turns
out that the planet is in a giant ocean
of water. It's almost entirely made up
of scorching hot hydrogen and helium,
reaches a whopping 2,200°
F, has stronger winds than Neptune, and
even rains molten glass sideways, making
it a horrible planet to vacation to. So,
you're probably wondering, why the hell
is the planet blue if it wasn't meant to
have any visitors? Well, that's because
the planet's atmosphere contains tiny
particles of glass, which are great at
scattering blue light, making it the
worst scam in the known universe. And
another reason why it deserves the
number one spot. And yes, just like all
gas planets, the simulation always ends
the same. Instant vaporization anywhere
on the planet, followed by suspended in
the dark metallic oceans. Honestly, we
are sick of these planets and we hate them.
them. [music]
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