Reposted by Chris Colose
Love this new paper regarding albedos of lava worlds. Turns out hot terrestrial planets are shiny, which is the opposite of what we've generally seen for hot giant planets. Go TESS! Go PLATO! arxiv.org/abs/2609.26874
arxiv.org
Revealing the Shiny Nature of Lava Worlds: Small Planet Phase Curves with TESS
Recent thermal emission observations suggest that `lava worlds'--Earth-sized exoplanets hot enough to melt their silicate surfaces--have atmospheres on a population-level. This evidence comes from mea...