The exoplanetary zoo is full of weird and wonderful standouts. Whether it’s planets with winds of ruby and sapphire, planets of diamond, planets as old as the universe or younger than our species, or planets hotter than the surface of the Sun—if you can imagine it, it’s out there. Here’s our roundup of the weirdest planets in the universe.

Predicting the future is a fool’s errand—after all, who could have imagined the internet fifty years ago, and the many ways it’s upended commerce, finance, the workplace, and all those seemingly immutable mainstays of yesteryear. Still, someone’s got to do it: here’s our look at some technological innovations coming down the pike.