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This artist’s concept shows what the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b could look like based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. Webb data suggests that the planet is surrounded by a thick atmosphere above a global magma ocean. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b show the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our Solar System.

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Carnegie Science Names Michael Blanton 12th Observatories Director

Blanton will lead historic division that was once a scientific home to Edwin Hubble

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Stella Ocker uses cosmic radio signals—and even measurements from Voyager 1—to learn how gas and energy move through the space between the stars.

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