Lava planets don’t play by the rules of our solar system. These scorching-hot worlds, some no bigger than Earth, orbit so close to their stars that a full year lasts less than a day. With their ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has reportedly identified an atmosphere on the intriguing lava planet TOI-561 b, a discovery that marks a significant milestone in astronomical research. This planet was ...

It's been a while since the most advanced and most expensive telescope made to date, the James Webb, brought forth another incredible discovery, but the wait seems to have been worth it: we now have ...

The takeaway: Little is understood about the geology of Venus, and recent findings suggest that the planet's subsurface processes may not follow the same patterns observed elsewhere. Future missions ...

This year, the number of NASA-tracked confirmed worlds discovered beyond our solar system surpassed 6,000, and several thousand more await confirmation. The milestone, reached just three decades after ...