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JWST reads the lava planet 55 Cancri e in fresh detail

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JWST reads the lava planet 55 Cancri e in fresh detail

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a sharper look at 55 Cancri e, a rocky world so close to its star that its surface is hot enough to melt rock. The new readings point to a real atmosphere holding on above what may be an ocean of magma.

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