GJ 367b Is a Dark, Hot, Airless Sub-Earth

We present the mid-infrared (5-12 mu m) phase curve of GJ 367b observed by the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). GJ 367b is a hot (T eq = 1370 K), extremely dense (10.2 +/- 1.3 g cm-3) sub-Earth orbiting an M dwarf on a 0.32 day orbit. We measure an eclipse depth of 79 +/- 4 ppm, a nightside planet-to-star flux ratio of 4 +/- 8 ppm, and a relative phase amplitude of 0.97 +/- 0.10, all fully consistent with a zero-albedo planet with no heat recirculation. Such a scenario is also consistent with the phase offset of 11 degrees E +/- 5 degrees to within 2.2 sigma. The emission spectrum is likewise consistent with a blackbody with no heat redistribution and a low albedo of A B approximate to 0.1, with the exception of one anomalous wavelength bin that we attribute to unexplained systematics. The emission spectrum puts few constraints on the surface composition but rules out a CO2 atmosphere greater than or similar to 1 bar, an outgassed atmosphere greater than or similar to 10 mbar (under heavily reducing conditions), or an outgassed atmosphere greater than or similar to 0.01 mbar (under heavily oxidizing conditions). The lack of day-night heat recirculation implies that 1 bar atmospheres are ruled out for a wide range of compositions, while 0.1 bar atmospheres are consistent with the data. Taken together with the fact that most of the dayside should be molten, our JWST observations suggest that the planet must have lost the vast majority of its initial inventory of volatiles.