Date: 7/10/2016 18:09:38
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 965239
Subject: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

Our Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

In a study to be published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team led by researchers at the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory (CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université) determined that the dimensions and properties of the surface of Proxima b “actually favor its habitability.”

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Date: 7/10/2016 18:12:01
From: Bubblecar
ID: 965244
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

I’m in a mellow mood due to my blood tests being satisfactory and showing improvements in all numbers, putting me in the normal/healthy range of everything tested.

I was sure they’d find my liver was on its last legs :)

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Date: 7/10/2016 18:12:44
From: Bubblecar
ID: 965246
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

Bubblecar said:


I’m in a mellow mood due to my blood tests being satisfactory and showing improvements in all numbers, putting me in the normal/healthy range of everything tested.

I was sure they’d find my liver was on its last legs :)

Which was for Chat, apologies :)

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Date: 7/10/2016 18:17:53
From: Bubblecar
ID: 965255
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

Hmm, the article doesn’t actually mention any evidence that water was detected at all, let alone “appears to be covered in water”.

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Date: 8/10/2016 10:55:49
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 965658
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

Bubblecar said:


Hmm, the article doesn’t actually mention any evidence that water was detected at all, let alone “appears to be covered in water”.

I know our planet is covered in water, but I recon planets covered in water would be rare?

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:02:15
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 965661
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

bob(from black rock) said:


Bubblecar said:

Hmm, the article doesn’t actually mention any evidence that water was detected at all, let alone “appears to be covered in water”.

I know our planet is covered in water, but I recon planets covered in water would be rare?

At what rate are we loosing our oceans and lakes?

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:03:13
From: dv
ID: 965662
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

Technically not even our planet is covered in water.

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:04:01
From: stumpy_seahorse
ID: 965663
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

bob(from black rock) said:


bob(from black rock) said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, the article doesn’t actually mention any evidence that water was detected at all, let alone “appears to be covered in water”.

I know our planet is covered in water, but I recon planets covered in water would be rare?

At what rate are we loosing our oceans and lakes?

a quarter turn at a time…

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:06:01
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 965665
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

dv said:


Technically not even our planet is covered in water.

OK it’s not completely covered but it does have surface water exposed to the vacuum of space.

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:07:09
From: dv
ID: 965666
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

bob(from black rock) said:


dv said:

Technically not even our planet is covered in water.

OK it’s not completely covered but it does have surface water exposed to the vacuum of space.

Well it has it exposed to a dense atmosphere.

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:08:52
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 965668
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

dv said:


bob(from black rock) said:

dv said:

Technically not even our planet is covered in water.

OK it’s not completely covered but it does have surface water exposed to the vacuum of space.

Well it has it exposed to a dense atmosphere.

Are we loosing our atmosphere?

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:25:52
From: dv
ID: 965674
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

We lose about 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen from the exosphere every year.

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Date: 8/10/2016 11:30:22
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 965676
Subject: re: Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water

bob(from black rock) said:


Are we loosing our atmosphere?

Still seems pretty tight I reckon.

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