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

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...

In A Nutshell A rocky planet 35 light-years away has a long-lived magma ocean in its interior and a sulfur-rich atmosphere being actively shaped by sunlight, according to new research. L 98-59 d doesn ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

A groundbreaking new study of small, rocky extrasolar planets has made a tentative statistical correlation between the planets’ chemical makeup and their parent stars’ birthplace within our Milky Way ...

Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies. It's a rocky planet orbiting an M-type star, and though these planets are plentiful, this one could serve as a ...

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy categorisation: a small, rocky worl.

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

What can rocky planets orbiting in the outer parts of a solar system teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as a ...

Astronomers long thought they had the galaxy’s planets figured out. It was either a ...