The scorching exoplanet TOI-561 b is challenging expectations about worlds beyond our solar system.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered surprising clues about its atmosphere, where reflective mineral clouds may shield the planet from intense stellar radiation. With a surface of molten rock, this extreme world could reveal new insights into how atmospheres survive under the harshest conditions.

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