Astronomers have identified an extraordinary exoplanet in a nearby region of the Milky Way, revealing a hostile world dominated by a vast ocean of molten rock and a toxic, sulfur-rich atmosphere. Read More: Astronomers witness birth of a solar system The planet, L 98-59 d, lies about 34 light-years from Earth in the Volans constellation and […]
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Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanet
Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar system orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy, according to a study released on Monday. The research, published in the scientific journal Nature, also shows the distant planet’s […]