The planets of the Solar System are not representative of all the types of planets that exist elsewhere in the galaxy. There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new class of exoplanet unlike anything previously known. This discovery, featured in Nature, uncovers a molten, sulphur-rich world that defies all conventional ...

Scientists have found an entirely new kind of planets. The worlds have a permanent ocean of magma inside of them, storing large amounts of sulphur. The example found by scientists is known as L 98-59 ...

Exoplanet L98-59d, located far beyond our solar system, might not sound like someone’s dream destination. It likely has an underground ocean of magma, a surface temperature that reaches around 3,500 ...

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 ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That’s been a source ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...