"Waterworld" discovered 40 light years away

I may not know much about physics, but why doesn't the water boil if it's that hot? Or is this some extraterrestrial water that has different, and perhaps magical, properties? I believe pressure also has something to do with the temperature that it takes to boil water. I'll see if I can't find any source to back that up but I am pretty sure... Edit, from Wiki but there are references: A liquid in a vacuum environment has a lower boiling point than when the liquid is at atmospheric pressure. A liquid in a high pressure environment has a higher boiling point than when the liquid is at atmospheri... [More]

I wonder if our visitors from outerspace (if they exist of course) have any photos of their trip there? Fascinating to see their holiday homemovies of the extreme lifeforms..wow..imagine that.

i bet the planet would have some life form with bio-luminescence capability on the surface like plankton or shiny algae

Waterworld has become a cult favorite. How can you not like a film where Tom Petty is the leader of an elevator settlement? I think a sequal should be made that combines Waterworld and The Postman. It would be called "Post-Waterworld", LOL!

I wonder what kind of light the dwarf provides to the planet? Seems that daytime would seem like dusk, with a reddish hue of course. that would depend on what chemicals was in the sky.

Also this world being six times the mass of earth one has to wonder what the gravitational affect may have on any potential for life there, Well done..

Well done.. Yes with the exception that even on earth we know of live forms that existed with more than six times the mass of man (even more like 20X) and we also know of life forms more than six thousand X (times) less then the mass of man as well.

Yes with the exception that even on earth we know of live forms that existed with more than six times the mass of man (even more like 20X) and we also know of life forms more than six thousand X (times) less then the mass of man as well. in the case of life forms it isn't the mass of the creature but the amount of muscle. a creature born on our world would have trouble moving on that planet at least for a while. where as the single celled variety shouldn't have any trouble at all.

that would depend on what chemicals was in the sky. Only partially. An atmosphere can absorb or scatter light but it can not affect the quality or quantity of light that is received. In the case of a red dwarf star there is a big difference in the light arriving in the first place. Because it is much cooler than the sun it produces much redder light (hence the name). Even with an earth like atmospher the light would be lacking the blue wavelengths we are used to (as these are produced at higher temperatures than are achieved by the surface of a red dwarf). To our eyes the light would seem very... [More]

Only partially. An atmosphere can absorb or scatter light but it can not affect the quality or quantity of light that is received. In the case of a red dwarf star there is a big difference in the light arriving in the first place. Because it is much cooler than the sun it produces much redder light (hence the name). Even with an earth like atmospher the light would be lacking the blue wavelengths we are used to (as these are produced at higher temperatures than are achieved by the surface of a red dwarf). To our eyes the light would seem very red. As jbondo said, it would seem like dusk or daw... [More]