A Sultry World Is Found Orbiting a Distant Star
By Richard Chasey, posted on December 21st, 2009 in Would You Believe?
Originally Published by NY Times
Astronomers have discovered a planet composed mostly of water. You would not want to live there. Besides the heat — 400 degrees Fahrenheit on the ocean surface — the planet is probably cloaked in a dark fog of superheated steam and other gases.
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Full Moon Over Washington
A United States Marine Corps helicopter is seen flying through this scene of the full moon and the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, from Arlington National Cemetery. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls