In 2024, researchers reported another far-off world that smells like rotten eggs. HD 189733b, some 64 light-years from Earth, ...

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, ...

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

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...

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 decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a strange “liquid planet” covered in molten magma, challenging known planet types. Could more ...

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 long thought they had the galaxy’s planets figured out. It was either a ...