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 ...
The planet orbits a small red dwarf star around 35 light years from Earth and is five billion years old ...
The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.
A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...