Image: David A. Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics (GJ 1214b on the right) GJ 1214b. Not as evocative as ‘Earth,’ but that’s the name of the planet recently discovered by astronomers, which appears to be three quarters water and ice, with one quarter rock. The Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics say, “There are also tantalising hints that the planet has a gaseous atmosphere.” Which

is all well and good, except that the planet’s temperature is estimated at between 280°C and 120°C (536°F and 248°F) (Out of the global warming frying pan into the fire.) Not to mention that it is some 42 light yea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Problem Solved. Let’s Move to Another Water Filled Planet