For the first time, astronomers have spotted a planet with an exposed core. Known as TOI-849b, the finding could help us better understand how planets form and how they evolve. TOI-849b was detected ...

Most of what we know about planetary cores is conjecture, on account of the fact that we live on top of ours and have extremely limited access to all of the others. Since none of the planets whizzing ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have led a team that has discovered the first exposed core of a planet. The scientists describe the planet as highly unusual, and it was found in the Neptunian ...

An artist's impression showing a Neptune-sized planet in the Neptunian Desert. It is extremely rare to find an object of this size and density so close to its star. (University of Warwick/Mark Garlick ...

A year that is a mere 18 hours TOI 849 b is an extremely unusual planet in the so-called “Neptune Desert” – a term used by astronomers for a region close to stars where we rarely see planets of ...