GLIESE 486b

Image: Artist's impression of the surface of the newly discovered hot super-Earth planet GLIESE 486b. With a temperature of 430 degrees Celsius, the astronomers of the CARMENES consortium expect a hot, dry Venus-like landscape interspersed with glowing rivers of lava. As far as is known, the planet's atmosphere is thin. Image: RENDERAREA RENDERAREA.COM

Earth has a hot new neighbor - and it's every astronomer's dream

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A rocky planet discovered in the constellation Virgo could change the way we look for life in the universe