Most recently, scientists used JWST’s powerful infrared instruments to discover an atmosphere enveloping the rocky exoplanet, 55 Cancri e, which is located approximately 41 light-years from Earth and ...

NASA scientists have potentially uncovered evidence of atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet orbiting a star similar to our Sun located about 41 light-years away in the ...

The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” The world zips around its star every ...

A light curve of 7.5- to 11.8-micron light captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) in March 2023 shows the decrease in brightness of the 55 Cancri system ...

Exoplanets — that is, planets we know exist outside of our own Solar System — come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities. Some are super … ...

The atmosphere of 55 Cancri e consists of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, although exact quantities are uncertain. Super Earth refers to a planet larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

55 Cancri e isn't the first super Earth planet that scientists have detected in recent years. An international team of scientists said in 2022 that they had found two such planets , just 100 light ...

Exoplanet 55 Cancri e, known as the hell planet, reaches temperatures of 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Now researchers have a new theory for how it got so hot.

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 ...