Rain on Other Planets| A Journey Through Our Solar System| From Acid Showers to Diamond Storms

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Rain on Other Planets| A Journey Through Our Solar System| From Acid Showers to Diamond Storms

The rain on other planets has very different chemical compositions. On Venus, it rains sulfuric acid. On Mars it snows dry ice, which is carbon dioxide in a solid state. Saturn’s moon Titan rains methane and on Jupiter, it rains helium and mushy ammonia hailstones. On Neptune, scientists suspect it rains pure carbon in the form of diamonds.

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