Oceans of lava might bubble on its surface. Hot pebbles may rain down from the sky. But the extrasolar planet CoRoT-7b is considered to be the most Earthlike world yet found outside our solar system.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Investigations into lava lakes on the surface of Io, the intensely volcanic moon that orbits Jupiter, may provide clues to what Earth looked like in its earliest phases, according to ...

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An exoplanet the size of Earth has been discovered in a distant solar system, and it could be bursting with volcanic activity. According to a paper published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, the ...

Investigations into lava lakes on the surface of Io, the intensely volcanic moon that orbits Jupiter, may provide clues to what Earth looked like in its earliest phases, according to researchers at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter's supervolcanic moon Io is apparently responsible for dramatic brightenings of the giant ...

Jupiter's auroras — the lights that dance around its poles — are the most distinct in our solar system and over a thousand times brighter than Earth's aurora. Now, a new study confirms that these ...