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New Kind of Planet May Lurk in Milky Way: Extreme World of Magma and Sulfur

New observations of L 98-59d, a member of the five-planet system L 98-59, suggest it harbors a vast global magma ocean that traps sulfur deep inside, forming a previously unrecognized class of extraterrestrial worlds.

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