Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet with an atmosphere outside the solar system, ...

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS ...

Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests that exoplanet TOI-561 b is surrounded by a thick atmosphere above a global magma ocean.

New simulations suggest TRAPPIST-1e's possible methane atmosphere may be a false signal from its star, raising fresh ...

A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The bizarre alien world is even believed to have grown a second atmosphere ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal TOI-561 b has a cooler-than-expected dayside, indicating a thick atmosphere above a global magma ocean, based on infrared emission measurements.

A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the James Webb space ...

Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

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