NASA Discovers a Water World: A 'New Species' "Unlike Any Planet We Know Of"

dailygalaxy.com — Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have added a new type of planet to the mix. By analyzing the previously discovered world GJ1214b, astronomer Zachory Berta (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and colleagues proved that it is a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. Feb 21, 2012 View in Crawl 4

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anonadmin Feb 21, 2012

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It's more like a pressure cooker than a water world.

angrycat70 Feb 21, 2012

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OK- people looking for extraterrestrial life, get excited. Oceans are where its at. In the one test case that we know about, life evolved from the ocean.

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countess666 Feb 21, 2012

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actually, resent studies show it was more likely a surface pool, a hot spring/geiser ect. the chemical make up of life match those of land far more closely and the availability of sunlight and the evaporation en weathering processes make for a far richer array of possible chemical reactions to take place.

robotclean Feb 22, 2012

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I'm thinking of the 'liquid' alien from the film "The Abyss".

booglefloop Feb 21, 2012

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Please God, do NOT let this article actually be viral advertising for a Kevin Costner sequel. The man is just a f**king horrible actor.

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cb810 Feb 21, 2012

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he has mad some bad choices, but he has also done some good work. Bring on WATER WORLD 2!

ferretman Feb 22, 2012

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Ah man...that movie was a lot of fun.

silverwingedrat Feb 22, 2012

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Very cool! This gives me hope that one day soon we will discover earth like words!!! www.paranormals**t.com

ferretman Feb 22, 2012

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Awesome universe we've got.

jaketyson85 Feb 21, 2012

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DEBUNKED. Read on snopes that this is some lame fake news promotion for a new "viral" marketing campaign for the Gorton Fisherman. Never quite understood why anyone would want to join a facebook or twitter on some inane topic like Colgate tooth paste, Gorton Fisherman frozen products, or State Farm Insurance.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.