The alien planet 55 Cancri e circles close to a star 40-light-years from Earth and may ooze with supercritical fluid. See stunning views of what it may look like.

This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. Observations from Webb’s ...

55 Cancri e Distance Image (IMAGE) University College London. Caption. This is an artist's impression of 55 Cancri e from further away. Credit. NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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.

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55 Cancri e, the hotter exoplanet of the two, orbits its sun-like star at a distance of less than 1.5 million miles, which is roughly 1/25th the stretch between Mercury and the Sun. Thus, a day on 55 ...

An artist's rendering of 55 Cancri-e. Getty Images Hell has an address: 55 Cancri-e is the first alien planet to have some of its surface features directly observed. And it’s no tropical ...

55 Cancri e is tidally locked, meaning it always keeps the same face pointed at its star. On the dayside, temperatures on 55 Cancri e can reach about 4,400 degrees Fahrenheit (2,427 degrees Celsius).

"55 Cancri e" was discovered in 2011, and has since been extensively studied by NASA researchers and others. To learn more about "55 Cancri e," click here. Report a correction or typo.

Most recently, scientists used JWST’s powerful infrared instruments to discover an atmosphere enveloping the rocky exoplanet, 55 Cancri e, which is located approximately 41 light-years from Earth and ...

Astronomers today have figured out that 55 Cancri e, a planet that's double Earth's size, is largely made of diamonds. Pretty awesome news for gem hunters, but first we need to figure out how to ...