Hot Jupiters May Indicate Hospitable Planets

eldavojohn writes "An interesting article from National Geographic points out that other solar systems which contain planets like a 'Hot Jupiter' have a higher chance of also containing Earth-like planets." From the article: "'We now think there is a new class of ocean-covered--and possibly habitable--planets in solar systems unlike our own,' Raymond said. The simulations also showed that rocky planets known as hot Earths may often form when hot Jupiters push material forward during their inward treks. But hot Earths, which can be up to five times bigger than our Earth, orbit closer to their stars and are not likely to support life. Even if water does contribute to their formation, most hot Earths probably end up dry, study co-author Raymond says. "

Comments

There has to be a joke somewhere here....

[lecithin]

Hot planets

inward treks

Five times bigger

probably end up dry

Cool, confirms my hypothesis.

[Cybert4]

Here's what I've been kicking around:

1. There was love.
2. Love made 2.
3. The 2 made a machine that makes universes. This machine is not sentient, however it can generate randomness.
4. The 2 become the unknown number (maximum sentients possible). This number is even.
5. A universe starts, and then repeats, according to the machine. The laws of physics in the next universe are not necessarily the same.

Now these 2 are NOT man and woman. They are identical, perfect beings. Furthermore, they did not split up into man and woman sentients. It is only our body that has gender. Cats and dogs are sentient too.

You have the anthropomorphic principle built in here. The machine won't make a universe without possibility of life--the 2 would not have programmed it that way. I think there's others out there, but the speed of light hasn't been broken (any may be unbreakable).

Re:We must explore these planets

[geekoid]

God spoke to me. [geocities.com]

or it came from your own brain.

And the prophesies in the bible are jsut as riddled with holes as nostradaumas. your desire to believe makes you see patterns. Just like your brain will look for a pattern when a hand full of rocks is thrown to the ground.