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Clouds on a lava planet challenge what astronomers expected
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Oct 2026, 17:20 UTC. The headline in use is “Clouds on a lava planet challenge what astronomers expected”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A rocky lava planet once thought to be too extreme to have an atmosphere appears to be wrapped in one with a reflective layer of vaporized silicate mineral clouds, the same family of compounds that make up quartz and sand.
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