HELL UNVEILED: First photos of 55 Cancri e could show lava-covered super-Earth in all its 4,417 °F glory!

HELL UNVEILED: First photos of 55 Cancri e could show lava-covered super-Earth in all its 4,417 °F glory!
Scientists have found a 'super-Earth' just 50 light-years away, which is only 1.5 million miles away from its nearest star (NASA.GOV)

The James Webb Space Telescope is all set to conduct extraordinary research into hitherto unstudied planetary bodies. For the first time, scientists will get a view of a faraway "super-Earth" called 55 Cancri e with a lava-covered surface that is constantly burning and where surface temperatures can reach 4,417 °F (2,436 °C).

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"Super-Earths" are "a class of planets unlike any in our solar system," according to NASA. 55 Cancri e is around 50 light-years away from Earth and orbits around a star that is less than 1.5 million miles away from it. For comparison, that's 1/25th the distance between our Sun and Mercury. While Earth takes 365 days to orbit the sun, 55 Cancri e revolves around its star in just 18 hours. The first observations of the planet are expected once the James Webb Space Telescope is operational this summer. The telescope is also intended to help scientists understand more about LHS 3844 b, a faraway planet with no atmosphere.