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16 May 07 - 04:01 PM (#2053841) Subject: BS: Hot Ice- From: beardedbruce New exoplanet a hot 'ice giant' POSTED: 12:54 p.m. EDT, May 16, 2007 Story Highlights• Astronomers detect planet made mostly of hot, solid water • Planet GJ 436b is a frozen world but high pressure makes it hot • GJ 436b orbits quickly around a cool, red star just 30 light-years away from Earth • The exoplanet is likely blanketed by hydrogen -- conditions not conducive to life WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- An odd planet the size of Neptune, made mostly of hot, solid water, has been discovered not far from Earth and offers evidence that other planets may be covered with oceans, European astronomers reported Wednesday. Called GJ 436b, the planet orbits quickly around a cool, red star just 30 light-years away, the team at the Geneva Observatory said. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/16/odd.exoplanet.reut/index.html |
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16 May 07 - 04:36 PM (#2053875) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Amos Well there ya go!! Send out a few tugs and haul it on over here, and we'll get everything back to Green and Rosy again!! A |
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16 May 07 - 04:57 PM (#2053892) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Sorcha I swear, Bruce needs a new hobby! LOL |
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16 May 07 - 05:11 PM (#2053909) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Bill D Posts about space are better than posts about Middle East politics and guns. |
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16 May 07 - 05:16 PM (#2053915) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Peace Finally, Bill, you have erred. Hot ice is NOT space. It is matter. HA! In fact, this moment is worth more HAs than that. HA HA HA! |
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16 May 07 - 05:17 PM (#2053916) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Peace And at least three HEE HEE HEEs. (It takes little to make me happy.) |
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16 May 07 - 05:49 PM (#2053948) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: frogprince "jewel theft?" I asked myself, as I opened the thread... Truth is, indeed, stringier than friction! |
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17 May 07 - 03:53 AM (#2054337) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: GUEST,Keinstein I can't see why a reducing atmosphere makes it unconducive to life. Our life yes, but there could be a different set of chemical reactions based on a reduction cycle rather than oxidation. Like those lifetime guarantees, it's life, but not as we know it. |
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17 May 07 - 09:43 PM (#2055100) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Charley Noble There's a pad pun lurking in this thread topic somewhere. What did one planet eater say to the other? Why thanks! I'll have mine on the rocks. Charley Noble |
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17 May 07 - 11:19 PM (#2055164) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Richard Bridge It's life, Jim, but not as we know it? |
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17 May 07 - 11:31 PM (#2055172) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: The Fooles Troupe "there could be a different set of chemical reactions " There used to be a lot of SF speculation about silicon based life forms - but now modern knowledge suggest that this is unlikely to work - only carbon seems to be the 'magic' element... |
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18 May 07 - 02:59 AM (#2055253) Subject: RE: BS: Hot Ice- From: Liz the Squeak I shall look very carefully at my pencil case then.. I'm convinced they breed in there but I can never find a 4B when I need one... LTS |