Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock and hydrogen.

Magma ocean planets that contain water – like the earthlike exoplanet GJ 1214 b in this artist’s concept – will only host a tiny fraction of this water on their surface. The majority of it is stored ...

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A seven-planet system some 40 light-years from Earth could be swimming in water, new research shows. In February 2017 scientists announced the discovery of several exoplanets orbiting the red dwarf ...

The question "where water came from on planets" has always been a debated topic. A new study published in Nature claims that water may actually be an outcome of a planet's natural evolution. The ...

Planets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would have an atmosphere composed of a homogenous mixture of hydrogen and water. As the ...

Observations of 1 Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a “mini planet,” and may contain large amounts of pure water ice beneath its surface. The observations by NASA ...

Lab experiments show 'ionic liquids' can form through common planetary processes and might be capable of supporting life even on waterless planets. (Nanowerk News) Water is essential for life on Earth ...

(Nanowerk News) We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for ...