These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans
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Clouds formed from vaporized rock could create the ultimate thermal insulation on one of the most common types of exoplanets discovered so far — the sub-Neptunes — raising temperatures so high that these worlds’ solid surfaces melt and turn into oceans of magma. “This work takes us one step closer to answering the question of […]