At optical wavelengths, you would be able to see a glowing, red-hot planet with a molten lava surface ... "If the other moons weren't there, Io would be in a circular orbit around the planet ...

which makes researchers think the planet must be covered in oceans of lava. On 55 Cancri e, there is something odd going on, however, as readings using the Spitzer Space Telescope showed the ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to ...

For instance, there’s an exoplanet where molten ... At optical wavelengths you would be able to see a glowing, red-hot planet with a molten lava surface,” Kane said. Gravitational forces ...

It’s not every day you get to walk in the footsteps of an ancient volcano, let alone explore one of the oldest, longest and most well-preserved lava tube systems on the planet. But for Aussies ...

High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers report in the February Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets ... breaking up the crust there and exposing fresh lava.

55 Cancri e’s extreme orbit and heat turn it into a lava world The most compelling aspect of 55 Cancri e is its incredibly close orbit. It takes the planet a mere 17 hours to complete a full ...