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 ...

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

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

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

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees ...

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent ...

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 have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of ...

Oxford-led team found a sulfur-rich exoplanet with a vast magma ocean, 35 light-years away, challenging current planet ...