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Tiny Pebbles Gave Rise to One of the Galaxy’s Most Extreme Worlds

An artist's impression of the formation of Tylos. (T. Müller/MPIA/HdA/CC BY-SA)Tiny remnants from a young star’s birth—grains of rock and dust—played a key role in the formation of one of the most bizarre and extreme exoplanets we've ever discovered.Meet Tylos: A Planet of Vaporized MetalsThis planet, named Tylos (also known as WASP-121b), is no stranger...