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.

The molten lava world is enveloped in a thick atmosphere rich in hydrogen sulfide, which would produce a powerful smell of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and supplementary observations have revealed a new type of magma planet, rich in sulphur.

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet slightly larger than Earth, covered by a vast magma ocean and wrapped in a sulfur‑rich atmosphere. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

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

Study suggests that the galaxy’s planets could be far more different than we realised – and some might be able to support life ...

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

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of planet beyond our solar system – one capable of storing vast quantities of sulphur deep beneath a permanent ocean of molten rock. The study, led ...