The Horrors of Exoplanets

Exoplanets are mysterious, bizarre, but ultimately exciting.

After all, with the help of the Kepler space telescope and advanced exoplanet-hunting techniques, for the first time we’re directly observing a veritable menagerie of alien worlds. Through exoplanetary studies, we’re beginning to even understand our place in the Universe.

Despite all this fascination however, many of these alien worlds seem downright scary.

Phantom worlds are on the prowl; ghosts dance in exoplanets’ atmospheres; entire worlds are even getting ripped apart!

Here’s a look at the top 10 of the scariest alien worlds likely to frighten even Captain Jean-Luc Picard back into his shuttlecraft.

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    What horrors? I wanna see...shit in person. I wonder what percentage
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