Description

This Astrum supercut explores the most extreme exoplanets ever discovered. Discover the planet that rains iron, the “real Tatooine planet” with multiple suns, planets hotter and larger than stars, and giant mega-rings larger than Venus’ orbit. Join us in the search for the strangest planets at the edge of our understanding.



To those returning and new to the channel: This video is a supercut of Astrum’s best exoplanet content, plus new and updated content. We’ve edited this into a new seamless video, remastered in 4K resolution, and re-recorded the older voiceover to match the quality of the recent episodes.



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0:00 The Strangest Planets We’ve Discovered
3:47 The Shortest Year
5:42 Multi-Star Systems
9:52 The Planet With Seven Suns
15:28 What If Earth Had Two Suns?
22:44 Rogue Planets
33:02 The Iron Rain Planet
37:09 The Hottest Planet
39:14 The Planet Larger Than Its Star
42:30 How Did This Planet Survive?
45:29 The Largest Planet Ever Discovered
46:38 The Mega-Ring Planet



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References:
“Exoplanets: worlds beyond our Solar System”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/exoplanets
“How to find an exoplanet”, via esa.int https://astrumspace.info/findexoplanet
“Multiple star systems”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/multiplestars
“Tatooine worlds: planets orbiting two stars”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/tatooineworlds
“Rogue planets and the boundaries of planethood”, via planetary.org https://astrumspace.info/rogueplanets
“Life-sustaining planets in interstellar space?”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/interstellarplanets
“An exoplanet with molten iron rain”, via eso.org https://astrumspace.info/ironrain
“A planet hotter than its parent star”, via bbc.co.uk https://astrumspace.info/kelt9b

“Gigantic ring system discovered around J1407b”, via rochester.edu https://astrumspace.info/J1407b
“A close giant planet orbiting a white dwarf”, via harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/WD1856b



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Credits:
Writer: Jon McColgan
Video Editor: Nathália Huzian
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



With special thanks to:
NASA/ESO/ESA



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