A mere 48 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus is an exoplanet that has been defying scientists attempts to understand it.

The planet, GJ 1214 b, is located a mere 48 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus and has become a focal point for groundbreaking research. Unlike anything found in our solar ...

Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b) isn’t a mini-Neptune—it’s a scorching, haze-filled world with a dense, metal-rich atmosphere unlike anything seen before. Scientists thought Enaiposha was a typical min ...

Magma ocean planets that contain water – like the earthlike exoplanet GJ 1214 b in this artist’s concept – will only host a tiny fraction of this water on their surface. The majority of it ...