EP175 | 🪐化外之地的極端行星：HD 187933 b

李老師陪你探索英文世界 Exploring English with Ms. Lee

Have you heard of an exoplanet called HD 187933 b? Don’t worry if you haven’t**, **because neither have I. You might wonder what an exoplanet is. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system. HD 187933 b is very far away from us. In fact it will take 200,000 years to get there by rocket. To the human eye, this planet looks like Earth with its bright blue color, but it’s extremely inhospitable. First because of its close distance to its sun, the planet is scorching hot. And if you are caught in the rain, it will definitely kill you because when it rains, it’s not water. Instead, it’s liquid glass. To make the living condition even more dire is its wind blows up to seven times the speed of sound. And just when you think the situation cannot get any worse, here’s one more to the list. Recently astronomers figured out there’s hydrogen sulfide in its atmosphere, so the planet reeks of rotten egg stench.
exoplanet 太陽系外的行星
solar system 太陽系
inhospitable 不友善的
scorching hot 灼熱難耐的
dire 可怕的
speed of sound 音速
astronomers 天文學家
hydrogen sulfide 硫化氫
atmosphere 大氣
rotten 腐臭的
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