molten

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A molten surface ocean could move some heat, but without an atmosphere, the nightside would likely remain solid, limiting heat transfer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, as they are known, shoot lasers into molten tin to create EUV light, which doesn’t exist naturally on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Known as a mantle plume, this steady column of molten rock originates far below the surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

What they dug out was at points like "molten lava".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Dicey was hypnotized by the molten silver of the cloudy islands and not until the veil of fuzzy gray blew across it again did she begin their march of the day.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt