Astronomers Discover Distant Planet That Rains Rubies and Sapphires......

[MMC]

http://www.realclearlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GettyImages-78810966.jpg



This may sound science fiction, but there’s actually a planet that rains gemstones. Unfortunately for us humans, it’s 1,000 light-years away.


Warwick University astronomers were observing the weather patterns of HAT-P-7b, a Jupiter-like exoplanet (or one that orbits a star outside of the solar system), when they made the shocking discovery.


The team, led by Dr. David Armstrong, believes the clouds on HAT-P-7b contain corundum, the mineral that forms rubies and sapphires. Using the Kepler space telescope, the team noticed that the planet, which is twice the size of our Sun, shimmered like a gemstone. This phenomenon is caused by dramatic windstorms pushing the clouds around the planet at various speeds. It’s the first documented evidence of a weather system on a “gas giant,” a term used to describe planets—like Jupiter and Saturn—that are mostly made of hydrogen and helium.


Read the Warwick University team’s full study here (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-016-0004).....snip~


http://www.realclearlife.com/science/astronomers-discover-raining-rubies-sapphires-distant-jupiter-like-planet/



Send in the drones. I call dibbs on the Rubies. http://politirant.com/Smileys/oldrant/satellite.png

[stjames1_53]

dammit man.................you should never had told the libbies..................wait, maybe they'll go?

[Doublejack]

I heard it rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

[MMC]

dammit man.................you should never had told the libbies..................wait, maybe they'll go?

Nah, they didn't say they were for free. :laugh:

[stjames1_53]

yeah...but it's still raining bullsh*t here

[MMC]

I heard it rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

From Astronomers?

[Cigar]

:laugh: They go to bed and wake up with Liberals on their mind :laugh:

[MMC]

:laugh: They go to bed and wake up with Liberals on their mind :laugh:
Well.....we can't really miss them. Until their all gone. http://politirant.com/Smileys/oldrant/smiley_ROFLMAO.gif

[Don]

Our Sun Will Eventually Turn Into a Multi-Trillion Ton Diamond (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/09/our-sun-will-eventually-turn-into-a-multi-trillion-ton-diamond.html)

[waltky]

Granny says dat would suit Uncle Ferd just fine...

... he thinks it rains money here.

[Archer0915]

http://www.realclearlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GettyImages-78810966.jpg



This may sound science fiction, but there’s actually a planet that rains gemstones. Unfortunately for us humans, it’s 1,000 light-years away.


Warwick University astronomers were observing the weather patterns of HAT-P-7b, a Jupiter-like exoplanet (or one that orbits a star outside of the solar system), when they made the shocking discovery.


The team, led by Dr. David Armstrong, believes the clouds on HAT-P-7b contain corundum, the mineral that forms rubies and sapphires. Using the Kepler space telescope, the team noticed that the planet, which is twice the size of our Sun, shimmered like a gemstone. This phenomenon is caused by dramatic windstorms pushing the clouds around the planet at various speeds. It’s the first documented evidence of a weather system on a “gas giant,” a term used to describe planets—like Jupiter and Saturn—that are mostly made of hydrogen and helium.


Read the Warwick University team’s full study here (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-016-0004).....snip~


http://www.realclearlife.com/science/astronomers-discover-raining-rubies-sapphires-distant-jupiter-like-planet/



Send in the drones. I call dibbs on the Rubies. http://politirant.com/Smileys/oldrant/satellite.png

Twice our sun? I do not trust the source! HAT-P-7b is almost 2x Jupiter.


HAT-P-7b (or Kepler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_Mission)-2b) is an extrasolar planet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet) discovered in 2008. It orbits very close to its host star (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAT-P-7), and is both larger and more massive than Jupiter. Due to the extreme heat it receives from its star, the dayside temperature is predicted to be 2730+150
−100 K.





A few other things and I kind of wonder. Perhaps the site just wants hits.

[Crepitus]

yeah...but it's still raining bullsh*t here

Thats cause we have so many conservatives on this site.

[stjames1_53]

Thats cause we have so many conservatives on this site.

it is one thing to be ignorant, it's another thing to stop someone on the street and show it................ you're showing it here.........

[Crepitus]

it is one thing to be ignorant, it's another thing to stop someone on the street and show it................ you're showing it here.........

You sure can dish it out, but you can't take it at all.

LMAO at how easy you are to upset.

[FindersKeepers]

I heard it rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

I want to live on a planet that rains puppies.

That would be the best planet EVER!!!

[FindersKeepers]

You sure can dish it out, but you can't take it at all.

LMAO at how easy you are to upset.

His posts don't suggest that he's upset. Yours, however, are strongly defensive. And misleading -- as usual.

[Crepitus]

His posts don't suggest that he's upset. Yours, however, are strongly defensive. And misleading -- as usual.

And you are wrong, as usual.

[stjames1_53]

And you are wrong, as usual.

I would offer a remedy for your condition...go over to PF, that's where you'll find some measure of comfort since all the snowflakes reside there, but you've already been run out of there, I'm guessing
There's no one making you stay at this forum.................

[Standing Wolf]

Anyone notice that this is the "Science, Health and Technology" part of the forum?

Does this forum have a "Cooking" or "Gardening" section? If so, I would guess there is infantile partisan sniping and backslapping going on over there, as well.

Sad.

[Archer0915]

I was looking forward to this thread being a scientific discussion.

[Chris]

I would offer a remedy for your condition...go over to PF, that's where you'll find some measure of comfort since all the snowflakes reside there, but you've already been run out of there, I'm guessing
There's no one making you stay at this forum.................


Telling members to leave forum is bad faith posting.