55 Cancri e is too hot to support life as we know it, but could provide clues about Earth’s formation. Astronomers say that they have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect for the first ...

An artist's rendition of 55 Cancri e, which may be the first rocky exoplanet confirmed to have an atmosphere. Just 41 light years from Earth is an exoplanet so incredibly hot scientists didn’t think ...

With the help of NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are learning more about exoplanet "55 Cancri e," which is about 41 light years away from Earth -- and it's a scorcher. The ...

Scientists have published new details about a scorching hot super-Earth where a year only lasts 17.5 hours and its surface is an ocean of lava. The 55 Cancri e — abbreviated 55 Cnc e — is roughly ...

According to NASA, the image is a rendering of what 55 Cancri e might look like based on current information. "55 Cancri e is a rocky planet with a diameter almost twice that of Earth orbiting just ...

Twice as big as Earth, the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was thought to have lava flows on its surface. The planet is so close to its star, the same side of the planet always faces the star, such that the ...

A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that's twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among ...

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The planet is sort of Earth-like but much closer to its star. It has temperatures hot enough to melt and vaporize rocks — and possibly oceans of lava with clouds that rain molten rock. Good morning. I ...