The Volcanic Exoplanet

This new world called CoRoT-7b is a new type of exoplanet which has oceans of lava, volcanic activity, and has an atmosphere made up of vaporized rock that disintegrates because of this planet's heat.

The heat of this planet comes from a process called tidal heating. The gravity of this planet pulls the inside of planet, turning solid rock into magma which erupts on the surface. This magma's heat is intensified by the atmosphere which produces eruption plumes.

CoRoT-7b was named after the French telescope that it was discovered by. It is five times the weight of earth and twice the size. It's atmosphere could also be similar to that of weather on Earth such as rain. However, the rain of this exoplanet would be vaporized rock which condenses in the sky to form small rocks that would fall instead of water like on our own planet.

This exoplanet is also the remains of an even bigger gas giant which was a super planet. After being hit by its parent star, CoRoT-7b has become an extreme environment located in the constellation of Monoceros.

Source:
http://www.space.com/7782-strange-lava-world-shriveled-remains.html
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103511000534