The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic exomoon between the exoplanet WASP-49Ab, left, and its parent star.