Webb finds a hidden atmosphere on a molten super-Earth

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star in under 11 hours. Despite being blasted by intense radiation that should strip it bare, the planet appears to host a thick layer of gases above a global magma ocean, making it far less dense than expected.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032607.htm