Thanks BenLurkin.
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Posted on 06/30/2018 4:43:05 PM PDT by Simon Green
Supposedly. But I’m not a NASA scientist. I don’t even play one on TV.
Also of interest is that Earth is actually rather dry, taken in total:
http://www.businessinsider.com/water-space-volume-planets-moons-2016-10
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Cool article that presents data that conflicts with intuition.
Who could imagine that Pluto has almost as much liquid water as Earth?
Thanks again for a post that contrasts with many of the ignorant comments on the thread.
“Pretty amazing that we can detect something 5 carbon atoms
in size, around another planet.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interstellar_and_circumstellar_molecules
The molecules listed below were detected by spectroscopy. Their spectral features are generated by transitions of component electrons between different energy levels, or by rotational or vibrational spectra. Detection usually occurs in radio, microwave, or infrared portions of the spectrum.[1]
Interstellar molecules are formed by chemical reactions within very sparse interstellar or circumstellar clouds of dust and gas. Usually this occurs when a molecule becomes ionized, often as the result of an interaction with a cosmic ray. This positively charged molecule then draws in a nearby reactant by electrostatic attraction of the neutral molecule’s electrons. Molecules can also be generated by reactions between neutral atoms and molecules, although this process is generally slower.[2] The dust plays a critical role of shielding the molecules from the ionizing effect of ultraviolet radiation emitted by stars.[3]
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