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A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

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even if the size difference between the two bodies is immense, as is the case with the sun and the planets of the solar system. "Because of the large difference in mass between the sun and any ...

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The six found so far are roughly two to three times the size of Earth, but with densities closer to the gas giants in our own solar system. Pitts said most of the planets are smaller than Neptune.

Such a planet from outside the Solar System could be trapped in the Oort Cloud – a theoretical shell of debris marking the gravitational edge of the Sun and its planets. Researchers, including ...

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