Unexpected atmosphere on lava planet is an exciting surprise

View larger. | Artist’s concept of scorching hot TOI-561 b and its sunlike star. New observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show there is a dense atmosphere on lava planet TOI-561 b. Image via NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ Ralf Crawford (STScI).

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• TOI-561 b is a hot, rocky super-Earth exoplanet 560 light-years from Earth. Does it have an atmosphere?
• New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope...