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 fill the air with the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new class of exoplanet that defies traditional categories of planetary classification. In a ...

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

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, seems to play host to a rare type of planetary environment.

A new type of “molten” planet has been discovered that appears to be composed of liquid lava. Orbiting a red star 35 light-years away, the planet is about 1.6 times the size of Earth and has an ...

Astronomers have taken a closer look at one of the strangest planets ever discovered, and it is raising more questions than ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

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