Astronomers Confirm a Hot and Steamy Exoplanet 66
The Bad Astronomer writes "The extrasolar planet GJ 1214b was discovered in 2009 orbiting a nearby (40 light year distant) red dwarf star. The planet was quickly found to have a thick atmosphere, but it wasn't known at the time if the composition was water vapor or a hazy shroud of particulates. New Hubble observations confirm the atmosphere of the exoplanet is rich in water, comprising up to 50% of the atmosphere's mass (PDF). At 230 degrees Celsius, this means the planet is shrouded in steam."
My ex... (Score:3, Funny)
was a hot and steamy exoplanet.
What about the poles? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My ex... (Score:2, Funny)
That's because she's your ex. When you were with her she was as big as a planet.
Thank you, thank you. I'll be kicked off stage now.
Re:What about the poles? (Score:3, Funny)
What about the poles?
They haven't got there yet.
Re:what it feels like in there... (Score:4, Funny)
Standing on what little land exists here, you watch a giant red dwarf sink slowly into the horizon of a hot ocean.
What a coincidence ... I was at the same party. That sunburned dwarf was pissed when they finally fished him out of the water.
Hot and steamy? (Score:5, Funny)
With green, topless alien women seducing plucky Canadian starship captains........
Re:what it feels like in there... (Score:4, Funny)
"The red, vain soul with a high degree of vertical challenge ever so slowly slipped out of sight past the horizon, less like a setting Sun than a discovered pervert shying away from sight with the slow shuffle that only stars can make look graceful in bathrobes, his red."