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Published online 21 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030818-10
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Earth-like planets probably water-logged
Simulation suggests formation of wet worlds is easy.
If there are planets like Earth around other stars, they'll probably be water worlds, with awesomely deep, pole-to-pole oceans and no land in sight.
So say Sean Raymond, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.
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