Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...

Oxford-led team found a sulfur-rich exoplanet with a vast magma ocean, 35 light-years away, challenging current planet classifications.

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like ...

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

Could moons beyond our solar system support life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Soci | Space ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.

Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a scorching, pungent orb wrapped in an atmosphere of hydrogen and sulfur, perched ...

What can small exoplanets blasted by solar radiation teach scientists about planetary evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy | Space ...