It is possible that there may be exoplanets covered in liquids, much like gas planets are covered in gasses without a solid surface. It may be possible for a planet to be entirely covered by liquid over a solid core. It is possible that we may have discovered large water planets already. Such a planet would be covered by a giant ocean, with an icy mantle and solid core. Oceanic exoplanets probably tend to have Earth-like atmospheres. Water is one of the most common molecules in the universe.
Keppler22B is an example of such a planet. When diving down into the water on this planet, you would see a pitch black void because of the extreme depth of the ocean. Deeper in, the extreme pressures would cause the inner water to freeze into ice. Beneath all that should be a solid core.
Maybe liquid planets could be a transition between terrestrial and gas planets.
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