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

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

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

Learn more about L 98‑59 d, an exoplanet 35 light‑years away with a deep global magma ocean ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Study suggests that the galaxy’s planets could be far more different than we realised – and some might be able to support life ...

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 ...