Tagged: Titanium

Weird world: Titanium spied in giant alien planet’s skies

For the first time ever, titanium oxide has been spotted in an exoplanet’s skies, a new study reports. Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile detected the substance in the atmosphere of WASP-19b, a huge, scorching-hot planet located 815 light-years...

6 Tough Facts About Titanium

Named for the colossal Titans of Greek mythology, titanium is pound-for-pound the strongest metal on Earth. Although it’s not a scarce metal, it is expensive because of the cost to mine and produce it. You may have heard of titanium golf clubs or titanium submarines,...