Water Vapor Found on Neptune-size Alien Planet
A Neptune-size planet beyond the solar system has telltale traces of water vapor in its atmosphere, making it the smallest exoplanet known to have the wet stuff yet, scientists say.
Several massive Jupiter-size giants have had the components of their atmosphere examined, but until now, the atmospheres of smaller planets have proved more elusive. In this new study, scientists discovered traces of water on the alien planet HAT P-11b, which orbits a star 124 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.
http://www.space.com/27251-water-found-neptune-size-exoplanet.html
Humans expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter by a divine creation and therefore expect another planet similar to Earth to be already present for us to colonize. It doesn't work like that humanity. Sure we have Earth that was built for us but just like the woods and minerals in the ground around us so to are the same resources in space there and meant to be gathered combined and used to create a new planet. Although the planet is to close to its sun that doesn't mean missions sent to the planet to syphon off the hydrogen shouldn't be overlooked. Once the planet has been syphoned of its hydrogen and then combined with oxygen on another planet to create water to then create a new environment capable of supporting life as the reactions between the hydrogen and oxygen will cause other reactions to occur as well.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-we-make-water.309833/
Right there is the forest before us but everyone is looking for the easy way again. The Universe isn't a Welfare Department it isn't going to just give you a new planet, just like the trees and rocks aren't going to magically convert theirselves into a new home.
A Neptune-size planet beyond the solar system has telltale traces of water vapor in its atmosphere, making it the smallest exoplanet known to have the wet stuff yet, scientists say.
Several massive Jupiter-size giants have had the components of their atmosphere examined, but until now, the atmospheres of smaller planets have proved more elusive. In this new study, scientists discovered traces of water on the alien planet HAT P-11b, which orbits a star 124 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.
http://www.space.com/27251-water-found-neptune-size-exoplanet.html
Humans expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter by a divine creation and therefore expect another planet similar to Earth to be already present for us to colonize. It doesn't work like that humanity. Sure we have Earth that was built for us but just like the woods and minerals in the ground around us so to are the same resources in space there and meant to be gathered combined and used to create a new planet. Although the planet is to close to its sun that doesn't mean missions sent to the planet to syphon off the hydrogen shouldn't be overlooked. Once the planet has been syphoned of its hydrogen and then combined with oxygen on another planet to create water to then create a new environment capable of supporting life as the reactions between the hydrogen and oxygen will cause other reactions to occur as well.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-we-make-water.309833/
Right there is the forest before us but everyone is looking for the easy way again. The Universe isn't a Welfare Department it isn't going to just give you a new planet, just like the trees and rocks aren't going to magically convert theirselves into a new home.
