Li, Jie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4761-722X
Bergin, Edwin A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4179-6394
Hirschmann, Marc M.
Blake, Geoffrey A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0787-1610
Ciesla, Fred J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0093-065X
Kempton, Eliza M.-R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-9051
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (EAR2317024)
NSF ∣ National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (EAR2246915)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC19K0959)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC24K0149)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC20K0259)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G202114194)
Article Title: Soot Planets Instead of Water Worlds
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-08-22
Date Accepted: 2025-12-04
Online publication date: 2026-01-20