Sunday, August 21, 2016

the planet of burning ice

Some unnamed astronomy fan compiled a visual record about ten fascinating exoplanets of the known 3,500 that exist. For those not in the know, an exoplanet is a known planet outside our solar system which does not revolve around our sun.

One such planet has a surface temperature that's 980 degrees F but nonetheless is covered with ice due to intense gravitational forces.

Another planet is much larger than Jupiter and has rings 200 times the size of Saturn's.

Still another is believed to have a gigantic diamond at its core larger than our entire earth.

When I read things like this, I always wonder will a human ever see such planets with his or her naked eye?

If so, then science and technology will have to make tremendous leaps. But when you consider the pace of advances from the year 1900 to 2016, it is certainly possible.

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