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Reflective Silicate Clouds Spotted on Extreme ‘Lava World’ Exoplanet

Reflective Silicate Clouds Spotted on Extreme ‘Lava World’ Exoplanet

A rocky lava planet once thought too extreme to retain an atmosphere appears to host one with a reflective layer of vaporized silicate mineral clouds. The finding challenges existing models of atmospheres on ultra-hot rocky exoplanets.

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Clouds on a lava planet challenge what astronomers expected