New world type to add to system generation: Sulphurous worlds

[tjoneslo]

Global magma ocean seen on exoplanet located 35 light-years away

Researchers have identified an entirely new class of exoplanet: a "sulphurous world" with a permanent, deep magma ocean.

interestingengineering.com

This is a world covered by an ocean of magma, and a thick sulfur dioxide atmosphere which keeps it molten. This is either a young system where the planets are still coalescing or a more unique process where this world stays rock-melting hot for a long period of time.

 

[Timerover51]

Global magma ocean seen on exoplanet located 35 light-years away

Researchers have identified an entirely new class of exoplanet: a "sulphurous world" with a permanent, deep magma ocean.

interestingengineering.com

This is a world covered by an ocean of magma, and a thick sulfur dioxide atmosphere which keeps it molten. This is either a young system where the planets are still coalescing or a more unique process where this world stays rock-melting hot for a long period of time.

That sounds worse than Venus.

 

[Spinward Flow]

That sounds worse than Venus.

It probably is ...