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Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
- mock-possum 2y ago> this hellish planet - apparently with a surface of molten rock - offers no hope for habitability Aw.
- ionwake 2y ago[flagged]
- luxuryballs 2y agowell that explains the atmosphere
- hinkley 2y agoWe've trained generations of children on what to do if the floor is lava.
- bgirard 2y agoThey make it sound like it's the first discovery if a rocky planet with an atmosphere. What about other exoplanets like TRAPPIST-1d?
- ziddoap 2y agoI could be completely mistaken, but I believe (at least for TRAPPIST-1d) no atmosphere has been directly detected, it has just been posited and models suggest that it should have one. The wikipedia article (for TRAPPIST1-d) is full of "may consist of", "could consist of", "models indicate", etc. Whereas this seems (?) to be a direct observation of an atmosphere.
- luxuryballs 2y agothe headline makes it sound like they’ve been bar hopping looking for the perfect spot
- asdfman123 2y ago> Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere > Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one. But this hellish planet - apparently with a surface of molten rock - offers no hope for habitability. Why does this sound so much like online dating?