With the help of NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are learning more about exoplanet "55 Cancri e" -- and it's a scorcher.

Astronomers were recently able to map the temperature of 55 Cancri E — a Super-Earth 40 light-years away — and discovered half the planet is almost completely molten. Produced by Matt Stuart.

Astronomers map the temperature of super-Earth 55 Cancri e, and it's hot enough to melt rock.

55 Cancri e is a super-Earth exoplanet with a super-hot surface. Temperatures could be as high as 4,892 F (2,700 C).

The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” The world zips around its star every ...

The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere.

Now, astronomers at MIT have revealed that exoplanet 55 Cancri e — once thought to be a dry, rocky world — may be literally oozing with supercritical fluids.

Called a “Super Earth” because it’s roughly twice the size of our planet, 55 Cancri e is mighty hot. It orbits its star so closely that it’s tidally locked, meaning that the same side of ...

Astronomers were recently able to map the temperature of 55 Cancri E — a Super-Earth 40 light-years away — and discovered half the planet is almost completely molten.

The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” The world zips around its star every ...