A super-hot rocky planet orbiting its star in just 10 hours appears to have a surprisingly thick atmosphere, despite conditions that should strip it away. Scientists think it may be a volatile-rich “wet lava world” with a magma ocean feeding and recycling its gases. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com A team of astronomers led by Carnegie has uncovered the clearest evidence yet that a rocky planet outside our Solar System has an atmosphere. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the