An artist's impression showing a close-up of a gaseous hot Jupiter planet orbit very close to its star. Scientists have now shown that smaller worlds the size of Neptune or Uranus can likewise orbit very close to their parent stars. Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI)

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