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They are a class of planets composed mainly of heavier elements such as Oxygen, Carbon and Nitrogen, significantly not as small as terrestrial planets, but not as big as Gas Giants. There’s no need to search far to find them: Uranus and Neptune, both part of this type of planet, are located on our Solar System.
It’s believed that its planetary interior is formed by four water phases: solid, liquid and superionic water - which exists at extremely high temperature and pressure. For all those extreme conditions unbeknownst to us here on Earth, it’s most likely that this water on ice giants is not as we know it.
