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This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

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May 12, 2026 • 54 views
Original source: Scientific American
This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

An oddity among exoplanets, L 98-59 d is (so far) in a class all its own, but astronomers expect powerful new telescopes will eventually reveal more like it

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