Earth-sized ‘lava world’ discovered
A doomed "lava world" with a similar mass and density to that of Earth has been discovered orbiting a star 400 light-years away.
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A doomed "lava world" with a similar mass and density to that of Earth has been discovered orbiting a star 400 light-years away.
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