Thursday, September 07, 2006





Livable worlds abound, simulations find

The simulations found the opposite: as they travel inward, Hot Jupiters fling rocky debris outward, where it easily clumps into Earth-like planets. Meanwhile, turbulence in clouds slows down small, icy bodies orbiting far off, so they spiral inward and dump water on the young worlds. These can eventually accumulate oceans miles deep and settle into a life-friendly "habitable zone."

1 comment:

Garth said...

Advanced life is overrated anyway.