Space Daily July 18, 2026 • 02:30

The most common type of planet in the known galaxy is one that does not exist in our solar system — a world larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, a size our own neighbourhood entirely skipped, now counted in the thousands across NASA's confirmed - Space Daily

The most common type of planet in the known galaxy is one that does not exist in our solar system — a world larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, a size our own neighbourhood entirely skipped, now counted in the thousands across NASA's confirmed - Space Daily

The strangest thing about our solar system may be what it is missing.

The strangest thing about our solar system may be what it is missing.
Line up the planets by size and there is a clean jump. Earth is the largest rocky planet. Neptune is nearly four times wider. Be… [+6791 chars]
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