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Super-Earths may be solid deep inside their mantles

Super-Earths may be solid deep inside their mantlesWorldPing

Deep inside super-Earths—rocky planets with masses between 1 and 10 times that of Earth—high pressure can cause familiar minerals to take forms rarely seen on Earth.

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