October 30, 2026

Think Halloween is scary? This scorched alien world is a real-life cosmic horror story

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The James Webb Space Telescope investigated super-Earth TOI-561 b. This rocky lava planet, located 280 light-years away, completes an orbit every 11 hours and is too hot for life to survive on its surface. It was discovered by NASA's TESS spacecraft in 2020.

Topics: satellites and astronomy