Planets In The Habitable Zone

mistah_monkey writes: "The BBC reports that an international team of scientists have identified some planets in what they call the habitable zone. Apparently, the planets may be as big as Jupiter, but exist in a region surrounding the stars they orbit in which water can exist as a liquid, which is good news for those of us who believe that little green men might actually be out there somewhere."

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From a Jovian's point-of-view

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I don't see how a planet such as Earth could have life. Its gravity is so weak, due to its small mass it could only capture *one* moon! With such low gravity, the gaeous pressure is so low that no organism could possibly find enough nutrients at that density to sustain its life.

Furthermore, even if it could, its body would surely explode due to the low atmospheric pressure. Or, perhaps the weight of the organism could not be suspended by the atmospheric pressure and it would crash to the center of the planet.

There is also the thin atmosphere. The planet is small enough, but its atmosphere is a tiny shell and hasd a relatively massive solid core. That leaves little room for life to develop.

I tell you, Earth is no more habitable to life than Mars is now ever since the Matrians turned their gas giant into a desolate rock!