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This has profound implications for understanding our own origins.

Every #RockyPlanet in our solar system, including Earth, was once a molten lava world just like #TOI-561b. Studying this "impossible" atmosphere could teach us a great deal about the origins of our own air.
#Earth

Artist's depiction of exoplanet CoRoT-7b, a rocky planet with 5x Earth's mass and 1.7x Earth's radius, orbiting very close to its sun-like star. Its year lasts only 20 hours, making it much hotter than Earth.

Astronomy Picture from 23/09/2009

CoRoT Satellite Discovers Rocky Planet

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090923.html


#Exoplanet #CoRoT7b #RockyPlanet #SuperEarth #Astronomy #SpaceExploration #ExoplanetDiscovery #Astrophysics #Planets #Stars