"Rocky planets" are planets made mostly of solid rock, like Earth. They have a solid surface and are different from gas giants that are mostly made of gases.
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- We've got plenty of evidence of rocky planets in the habitable regions of their respective stars. (seeker.com)
- Unlike the other rocky planets in our solar system, it has an immense iron core that makes up roughly 70 per cent of the planet's volume. (newscientist.com)
- A more appropriate way to put this might be that life will emerge on small rocky planets with a probability of 1 per cent. (newscientist.com)
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