In 2022, NASA surpassed 5,000 confirmed exoplanets, which are alien worlds beyond our solar system. These include a diversity of distant planets, including super-Earths, gas giants like Jupiter, ice giants like Neptune, and beyond. Although planetary scientists have discovered thousands of these curious places, it's likely there are over a trillion exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. What's more, the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful such telescope ever built peered into the atmospheres of some of these planets, giving scientists unprecedented insights into these still largely mysterious orbs. But amidst the wonder of these discoveries, there lies a darker and more chilling side to the exoplanet realm. While many of these distant worlds inspire awe with their diversity, some have earned a reputation for being truly terrifying. And that’s what we are going to talk about in this video. “Terrifying Planets That Shouldn’t Exist”.
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