Scientists discover Super Earth!
December 17, 2009 at 3:58 am
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Scientists discover Super Earth!
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Awesome find for science
Does that mean, that all of the water on the planet boils? lol How would we get there? Have a spacecraft travel there suited to encompass life for many generations before arrival?
But yet, an awesome blossom find for science!
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 (December 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm)littlegrimlin1 Wrote: Does that mean, that all of the water on the planet boils? lol How would we get there? Have a spacecraft travel there suited to encompass life for many generations before arrival? Well it would take 42 years traveling at the speed of light to get there so very slowly i guess 
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 (December 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm)littlegrimlin1 Wrote: Does that mean, that all of the water on the planet boils? lol How would we get there? Have a spacecraft travel there suited to encompass life for many generations before arrival? The article said, "Berta said some of the water would likely be in crystalline form that exists at pressures greater than 20,000 times Earth's sea-level atmosphere." I'm not sure if the article is saying that the planets atmospheric pressure is 20,000 times Earth, but if that is the case then the water has a possibility of not boiling. Liquids boil when their vapor pressure equals atmospheric, so the water's vapor pressure (influenced by temperature) would have to be really high. I'm not sure of the calculation for the boiling point off the top of my head. 
Doesn't matter how hot it is, if it has liquid water on it's surface then there's a chance for life. They might be peering at our planet and saying "It's got water but it's far too cold for life"
 After all, life will find a way.. ![[Image: cinjin_banner_border.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=oggtheclever.com%2Fcinjin_banner_border.jpg) 
Just look at it like a pressure cooker. This super earth is much larger than our earth so the gravitational forces are also a lot higher. This pulls both on the water and the surrounding atmosphere creating pressure cooker conditions. This makes the boiling point of the water rise.
On Earth life has been found in water near the vents of underwater volcanoes in mega hot water, in acidic surroundings, or in the exact opposite, extreme cold or total darkness. Whenever life gets a chance to adapt to its surroundings, it will.
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 (December 18, 2009 at 3:19 am)Darwinian Wrote: Doesn't matter how hot it is, if it has liquid water on it's surface then there's a chance for life. They might be peering at our planet and saying "It's got water but it's far too cold for life" Somebody watched Jurassic park one too many times...  Oh wait... that was me
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
so this is a bit like planet x or something? if i were a scientist i would be working on a huge space station big enough to breed on the way to the planet for the next forty two years travelling at light speed, but only a few people can fit in so the population would have to be controlled by killing everyone when they got to the age of thirty, wich could be identified by the flashing wierd light in thier hand!..... oh wait, trailing off to logans run there.. still a good idea
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 (December 18, 2009 at 2:36 am)Zhalentine Wrote: I'm not sure of the calculation for the boiling point off the top of my head. Calculation I know not of. The boiling point of water is 212 °F or 100 °C. Part of this I found from wiki.
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