'Neapolitan' exoplanets come in three flavors
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 06:19
in Astronomy & Space
The planets of our solar system come in two basic flavors, like vanilla and chocolate ice cream. We have small, rocky terrestrials like Earth and Mars, and large gas giants like Neptune and Jupiter. We're missing the astronomical equivalent of strawberry ice cream -- planets between about one and four times the size of Earth.