NEWLY DISCOVERED PLANET HAS GLASS RAIN AND 4,500 MPH WIND

Animal New York ^ | July 11, 2013 | Andy Cush

[nickcarraway]

It also has atmospheric temperatures up to 2,000-degree fahrenheit. And in case you didn’t see it in the headline: Glass Rain! 4,500 MPH winds! This place sounds awesome.

NASA discovered the planet, dubbed HD 189733b, in 2005, but recently discovered new facts about its atmosphere with the Hubble telescope. The thing is only 2.9 million miles from its sun, which sounds far, but consider that Earth is 92.9 million miles away from ours. To make matters even more insane, the night temperature can be as much as 500 degrees lower than the day temperature.

I’m taking the first commercial spaceflight I can, see you guys there.

[kitkat]

>>>It’ll have to do better than this to impress any female experienced with menopause.>>>

LOL

[Empireoftheatom48]

It would be great to buy a planet!

[Tucker39]

Usually around Christmas there’s a shyster outfit’s ads on the radio offering to name a star after you.

[ZinGirl]

glass rain, eh? make sure you pack your glass umbrella

[pax_et_bonum]

In order for this planet to be of interest to women the rain would have to be diamonds.

;-)

[Delta 21]

Sounds just like Kansas.

[ZinGirl]

LOL. If you know/remember Dave Barry's definition of menopause:

This bodily change is called 'menopause', from the ancient Greek words meno (meaning "your skin sometimes gets so hot") and pause (meaning "that it melts tupperware").

so true. if only THAT energy could be contained/duplicated easily! :)

[pax_et_bonum]

Lol!

If only...

:-)

[boop]

I remember reading an article about Uranus. Scientists reasoned, that with the pressure under the clouds and the carbon that must surely lie within, that the planet could have LAKES of diamonds.

Always wondered if some entrepreneur would be able to go collect them, and bring them back to earth.

Go from a billionaire to the worlds first trillionaire.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Gosh Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore.

[Rebelbase]

“To make matters even more insane, the night temperature can be as much as 500 degrees lower than the day temperature.”

A cool night breeze is always welcome.

[pax_et_bonum]

So, on Uranus, a girl could literally drown in diamonds.

[pax_et_bonum]

Gosh Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore.
___________

Some friends on a road trip - all women - got lost in Kansas recently.

All they were supposed to do was stay on I-70.

They took a wrong turn and got to see lots and lots of cows.

[TruthWillWin]

Wonder if Lucy (Beatles song) was on Uranus?

[Disambiguator]

Sounds like springtime in New Mexico.

[tbw2]

Diamonds are not rare; the high prices are due to artificial scarcity. And now we can MAKE them.

[central_va]

And now we can MAKE them.

I saw superman make diamond by crushing a piece of coal. It was cut and faceted too!

[Viking2002]

“To make matters even more insane, the night temperature can be as much as 500 degrees lower than the day temperature.”

Yup. If I say the wrong thing to the wife sometimes, that's what happens right around bedtime.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

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[pax_et_bonum]

Wonder if Lucy (Beatles song) was on Uranus?
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Not sure.

We could ask Sheila Jackson Lee if the British flag is there.