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We Still Have No Clue What Super-Earths Are Made Of
Despite discovering hundreds of exoplanets known as “super-Earths,” astronomers still don’t know what they’re made of.
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It’s Hot Enough on This Exoplanet to Melt Steel
The most detailed weather map ever made of an exoplanet orbiting another star 260 light-years away from Earth shows a world with daytime temperatures hot enough to melt steel.
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We Still Have No Clue What Super-Earths Are Made Of
Despite discovering hundreds of exoplanets known as “super-Earths,” astronomers still don’t know what they’re made of.
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It’s Hot Enough on This Exoplanet to Melt Steel
The most detailed weather map ever made of an exoplanet orbiting another star 260 light-years away from Earth shows a world with daytime temperatures hot enough to melt steel.
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