Artist's impression of Gliese 486b (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

Artist's impression of Gliese 486b

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Artistic impression of the surface of the newly discovered hot super-Earth Gliese 486b. With a temperature of about 700 Kelvin (430°C), the astronomers of the CARMENES Consortium expect a Venus-like hot and dry landscape interspersed with glowing lava rivers. Gliese 486b possibly has a tenuous atmosphere.

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