Imagine a lava planet, with rocks raining down and wind howling at thousands of miles per hour. In the hunt for an Earth-like planet outside our solar system, scientists use clues from exoplanets ...

If you thought life on Earth during a pandemic was tough, imagine living on a lava planet, thrashed by violent weather, with rocks literally raining down and the wind howling at thousands of miles ...

That sentence may ring a bell for Star Wars fans, as Obi-Wan Kenobi indeed fought and defeated Anakin Skywalker on the lava planet of Mustafar.

New software let scientists re-examine old radar images, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes continue to reshape the hellish planet.

Komatiite lava from the Komati River Valley in South Africa, showing the spinifex texture typical for these lavas. James St. John ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet with an unusually extreme climate where one half of the planet is thought to be covered in lava. The planet HD 63433 d is tidally locked ...

Squeezed by neighbors, planet glows with molten lava Extreme conditions on rocky planet surprise scientists Date: May 9, 2024 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary: Astrophysicists ...

Like a giant exploding ember floating in space, a planet made of molten lava and covered in active volcanoes was recently described in The Astronomical Journal. Known as TOI-6713.01, the exoplanet ...

NASA Satellite Captures Fascinating Images of an Ancient Lava Field in the Middle of the Sahara Desert Earth from space is a completely different beast. For years, satellites have captured ...

The floor is a ropy, uneven texture, and cooled dribbles of lava hang from the ceiling and walls, as if someone had smeared on too much paint.

Scientists have discovered a new hellish planet orbiting a dwarf star with surface temperatures capable of vaporizing iron.