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Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice"
David Shiga writes "The smallest planet ever seen passing in front of its parent star is a strange world of scorching hot ice, astronomers say. The 22-Earth-mass planet has been known since 2004, but recent observations of it passing in front of its parent star have allowed them to learn much more about it. It appears to be made mostly of water, but not in liquid form. The planet orbits so close to its parent star that its surface is a broiling 300 C, keeping any water there in vapor form. Beneath the atmosphere, the water is even hotter, but is at such high pressure because of the planet's large mass that it stays in a solid, "hot ice" form."
OK, it isn't ice. 300 degree water under pressure is still just water. Basically, its one big pressure cooker. There must be one hell of an atmosphere on this planet, and how do they really know its water? I look at all the space announcements as mere conjecture, I mean, all these astrophysicist guys are looking at is light waves in a telescope or radio waves right? C'mon, unless we step foot on the planet, I am disregarding claims of anything.
Not only did you not read the article, you didn't even read the goddamn summary you karma-whore.
No, last I checked geothermal vents are not entirely encased in several hundred degree pressurized ice. So no, life probably doesn't exist within SOLID MATTER.
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