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Astronomers define new class of potentially habitable ocean worlds

07 Sep 2021
Artist's impression of a Hycean planet, showing a bright orange sun rising in a red sky above a steaming body of water
Hot and humid The surface of a Hycean planet as interpreted by an artist. (Courtesy: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge).
Hot, ocean-covered exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life and may be more comm

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