The Universe ~ The Wildest Weather in the Cosmos

A World of Iron Rain

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going to take a guided tour to locales far removed from our home planet where the weather is distinctly inclement. Imagine a tornado so powerful, it can form a planet or how about rain made of iron.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Compared to Planet Earth

What if the forecast predicted high winds ten times the speed of sound? An evening downpour of sulfuric acid rain? Or a hurricane two times the size of Earth lasting 300 years? 

A hot Jupiter orbits close to the face of its star. Credit: ESA

This is not the stuff of science fiction movie, these are actual weather reports from around the universe and it's Earth's weather to the extreme. We are counting down some of the biggest, baddest, meanest, weirdest and wildest weather the universe creates. Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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The Universe ~ The Wildest Weather in the Cosmos

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