exoplanets

This thread has been split from the thread discussing the apparent discovery of an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri. As the mechanism for splitting a thread is more akin to a chainsaw than a scalpel, there may be some posts that been moved but should not have been, or not moved where they...

Announcement from NASA about an hour ago: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2014-119#.U1BtrVXa46Z :thumbsup:

As you know in science fiction single climate planets are pretty much the norm. Now in that context their existence can be attributed to the general laziness of science fiction writers but it got me wondering how they might actually work. Now a planet that is just one huge cold wasteland is not...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929170503.htm