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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. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first

  2. Much like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Goatse

  3. fu3keR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    kked to be Kreskin That have raged BSD has always A losing battle; plainly states that halt. Even Emacs

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

    his = yours.
     

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  6. Re:Capable of supporting life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At every tech workplace I've been to, the Chinese people all bring their lunches in Pyrex glass containers. No Tupperware or other plastics in sight. The Pyrex containers do have a plastic lid... BUT, when they microwave their food, they take the plastic lid off and put a paper towel over the dish. Is this something that the Chinese people are taught to do when coming to America? It seems like such a weird thing to have in common as a people.

  7. 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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "blah blah blah, more environmental blah"
      Another religious jihad...

      Exhaust gases from any vehicle are proportional to fuel consumed. A hybrid burning 20 gallons of fuel creates more exhaust than an SUV burning 19 gallons.

      Some tasks requires trucks, some require SUVs. Small cars, bicycles, city buses are not suitable for everybody. Also some people prefer to drive an SUV.

    2. 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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  8. Forbidden Planet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Kelvin were destroyed by the monsters from the Id:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIuc1_Qg4A8

  9. Re:Are you sure? by Deus.1.01 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or their own urine.

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