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Carbon Dioxide and Water Found On Exoplanet

Posted by timothy on from the don't-drink-the-water-and-don't-breathe-the-air dept.

Off the Rails writes "The BBC reports that evidence has been found for both water vapour and carbon dioxide on a planet 63 light years away. The planet is a 'hot Jupiter' with a surface temperature of 1173K and an orbital period of just 53 hours. The gases were found spectroscopically once its orbit had been deduced from observation. NASA hailed the news as proof that Kepler will be able to do its job of finding planets capable of supporting life." Wikipedia also has an entry on the planet, dubbed HD 189733b.

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  1. Re:Doxide? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    oh, I didn't look it up either, I was just yanking his chain. Apparently a level of humor too subtle for /.~

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  2. Re:Doxide? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    his = yours.
     

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  3. Enough SUV bashing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Commercial activity accounts for waaaay more emissions than SUVs. Consider the fact that the price of a barrel of oil collapsed along with the global economy, meaning the demand for oil has severely fallen off. What happened? Did everyone all of a sudden stop driving? I doubt it. The roads and the shops seem as crowded as ever. What happened was that global commercial activity, like manufacturing, has severely dropped off.

    1. Re:Enough SUV bashing by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      A hybrid doing a 100 mile round-trip five days a week creates more exhaust than an SUV driving 200 yards to get lardburger with fries. And extra lard.

      fixed that, you barrel-bellied tard.

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