Planets

[Earl]

A quick look at our own solar system and we have a few Planetary types

Barren Rocks

Gass Giants

Rings

Single moons... Lots of moons

Then of course our own Earth

I wonder what types are out there that we dont know about....

[richbyers]

Yes, ive alwyas wondered why everything is so black and white in classifying planets/ stars etc. We can only take what we see with our modest technology.

Anyways i'd love to see a 'hot jupiter' up close

rich

[abumuhannadh]

there is still tons we don't know about our own planet (deep inside the ocean and lush forests for example)

so i am grateful of what we know of the outer space, how ever less that is.

[richbyers]

I wonder what discoveries will be made in our life time that will make everyone surprised, such as ending the debate on dark matter for example- perhaps everyones WAY off with that one

[Llamanaut]

i watched an interesting programme recently about the development of a probe to explore Io (I think it was Io, icy planet with chance of liquid something beneath surface)... now that'd be interesting... imagine if it was a frozen sea with things swimming around beneath the ice...and its in our solar system... mindblowing

[FraserClarke]

i watched an interesting programme recently about the development of a probe to explore Io (I think it was Io, icy planet with chance of liquid something beneath surface)...

Europa -- next one out from Jupiter. Yes, very interesting object with strong evidence for a sub-surface ocean. (Io is covered in sulphur volcanoes; cool in it's own right )

[beamish]

I wonder what discoveries will be made in our life time that will make everyone surprised, such as ending the debate on dark matter for example- perhaps everyones WAY off with that one

higher forms of life (as opposed to bacteria etc) living under the oceans of Europa !!

Ah some'ones got there afore me !

[beamish]

What life in the methane oceans of Titan ??