[KevinDavis]

[Army Air Corps]

"'We now think there is a new class of ocean-covered, and possibly habitable, planets in solar systems unlike our own,' Raymond said in a statement."



Waterworld! Maybe we could send Costner there...

[true_blue_texican]

"may" be common and ARE common, are 2 different things!

[Hawk1976]

We won't know until we go. Another reason America needs to be producing physicists and engineers instead of hoping to import them.

[Tzimisce]

Wow.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

of some interest?

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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

BBC Version:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5325476.stm .

[PatrickHenry]

How did this end up in "chat"?

Anyway, here's more info on this. I was about to post it when I discovered your earlier thread:
Earth-Like Planets May Be More Common Than Once Thought, Says CU-Boulder-Penn State Study.

[Larry Lucido]

As many as 40 percent of the 200 or so known planets around other stars are Hot Jupiters, the researchers said.

I imagine the percentage is so high because "Hot Jupiters" are easier to spot, not because there are actually that many percentage-wise.

But is the article saying that 1/3 of solar systems have "Hot Jupiters"? That sounds like a high percentage. Or is the article just poorly edited?