Ocean Planets on the Brink of Detection

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acuteIceberg Fantasyacute by artist and astronomer Daniel Durda used here with permission to illustrate the surface of an ocean planet. copy Daniel Durda 1998
'Iceberg Fantasy' by artist and astronomer Daniel Durda, used here with permission to illustrate the surface of an ocean planet. © Daniel Durda 1998

Imagine a world with no land at all, merely the impenetrable depths of a seething ocean. Models of planet formation predict the existence of such worlds, even though our own solar system has none. Indeed, their formation should actually be rather common — and new satellites may soon detect them around other stars.


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