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re: the planet

It is made of gas rather than rock and its atmosphere reaches temperatures hot enough to melt steel, which means the water exists only as superheated steam.

The find, named HD189733b, is about 15 percent bigger than our Jupiter and orbits a star in the constellation of Vulpecula the Fox,


3 posted on 07/11/2007 1:18:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...)
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To: NormsRevenge

See, that’s our future if we don’t do something about global warming now...


4 posted on 07/11/2007 1:19:40 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the round in the chamber.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Doesn’t sound very hospitable to lobsters and butter either.


5 posted on 07/11/2007 2:02:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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