Friday, July 27, 2018

Exoplanet Space Science and a Bit of Political Commentary

Hold onto your hats. This article is out of this world. These are short descriptions of some exoplanets. They are close to the size of Earth, give or take a few hundred percent and some may be inhabitable some day.

Welcome to Hell, planet Hell


This is probably how the Trump family feel about their world and where it's going.

The Mueller Inquiry equivalent ...


Trump may feel those gentle "raindrops of molten glass" coming down on him. All you and I see is a 'cool' blue planet.

Then there are the diamond worlds. We are hoping Rod Rosenstein can match them for durability in the coming months.


Here is a 'view' of the ones discovered up to 2012.



One webpage I see indicates there tend to be two kinds of exoplanets: those which are Earth-like and those which are Neptune-like.


How many of these may we find habitable (where we could live)? Nobody knows for certain as there are factors we can't yet measure. But, this handy visual guide is a start.




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