Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat melts the surface, teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution?

TORONTO, July 29, 2025 – A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical framework to describe the evolution of the coupled ...

Scientists have identified a new class of "liquid planets" that exist in a constant molten state, exemplified by L 98-59 d. This planet, hotter than any known world, features a global ocean of molten ...