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

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet slightly larger than Earth, covered by a vast magma ocean and wrapped in a ...

The planet's environment would make it unlikely to sustain life.

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

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 ...

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

A team of astronomers led by the University of Oxford has identified a new class of liquid planet, a world defined not by oceans of water, but by a global, thousands-of-miles-deep reservoir of molten ...

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 ...

According to astronomers, water worlds, though admittedly not those containing Kevin Costner, are one of the most common types of planets in our solar system. This is partly due to low density ...

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.