1 00:00:00,620 --> 00:00:01,620 2 00:00:07,980 --> 00:00:10,300 Inferno World with Titanium Skies 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:18,560 It's getting hot in here! 4 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:28,620 Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope found titanium oxide in an exoplanetary atmosphere... 5 00:00:30,380 --> 00:00:34,500 ...which may be making exoplanet WASP-19b 2000 degrees hot on its surface! 6 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:42,940 In large enough quantities, titanium oxide can prevent heat from entering or escaping an atmosphere. 7 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,380 Finding the molecule gives us hints to the temperature and pressure structure of this exoplanet, WASP-19b. 8 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,860 Research of exoplanetary atmospheres lets us understand exoplanet diversity 9 00:00:56,860 --> 00:00:59,080 and improve our models for future studies. #hotstuff 10 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:15,420 Transcribed by ESO. Translated by —.