Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed

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Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed

bbc.co.uk | 2:12 am Feb 22, 2012

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere. The exoplanet GJ 1214b is a so-called "Super Earth" - bigger than our planet, but smaller than gas giants such as Jupiter. Observations using…
Artist's View of Extrasolar Planet GJ1214B

nasa.gov | 11:28 pm Feb 21, 2012

› Larger image GJ1214b, shown in this artist's view, is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. New observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show that it is a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. GJ1214b…
Hubble Reveals Weird New Exoplanet: Waterworld

discovery.com | 11:28 pm Feb 21, 2012

Hazes are more transparent to infrared light than to visible light, so the Hubble observations help to tell the difference between a steamy and a hazy atmosphere. They found the spectrum of GJ 1214b to be featureless over a wide range of wavelengths, or…
Super-hot 'waterworld' is an entirely new class of planet

dvice.com | 11:33 pm Feb 21, 2012

exoplanetsHubble TelescopespaceAccording to astronomer Zachory Berta, "GJ1214b is like no planet we know of." That's because it's almost entirely made up of water — a concept that's hard to drink in when one considers the fact that GJ1214b is a scant 1.3…
Super-Earth exoplanet likely to be a waterworld

discovermagazine.com | 11:28 pm Feb 21, 2012

As we find more and more planets orbiting other stars, we keep finding ones that are weirder and weirder. Enter GJ 1214b: while much more massive than the Earth, it’s apparently mostly water!The planet — orbiting the star GJ 1214 at 40 light years from…