In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to the creation of a planet’s magnetic fields, which protect the entire planet ...

A new analysis of data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface “ocean” of magma–either molten or partially molten–beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. The finding, from a ...

Researchers may have discovered a “hidden defense” that could make distant “super-Earths” friendlier than we think. A new study suggests that oceans of molten rock deep within these distant planets ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

What can small exoplanets blasted by solar radiation teach scientists about planetary evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our Solar System – one that stores large amounts of sulphur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Astronomers identified a new type of planet beyond our Solar System - one that stores large amounts of sulphur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. (Nanowerk News) The exoplanet (a planet that ...