The water world, which has been named GJ1214b, is 2.7 times bigger than earth but weighs almost seven times as much. GJ1214b orbits a red-dwarf star at a distance of two million kilometres, suggesting temperatures may reach up to 200C.
Astronomers believe the planet is an entirely new classification of celestial body, with the mixture of water and high temperatures meaning there is a chance new alien materials could have been produced.
Previous types of planetary body known to exist include a rocky surface similar to earth, gas giants like Jupiter, and ice giants like Uranus.
Observations of the watery planet’s atmosphere in 2010 suggested that the gases surrounding the entity could simply be a “haze”, similar to that around Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, but follow up studies with the Hubble telescope showed the results were more consistent with it having a water-based make-up. The “super-earth” was initially discovered in 2009 by US scientists working on the MEarth Project.
Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk
March 1st, 2012 at 6:35 pm
English thiam loh mah nak laia han lehlin ve khanglan chu misual fiamthu duh deuh te’n min fiam lawlh ang tih ka hlau a! Kan in hrethiam mai a ni ang chu.
March 1st, 2012 at 6:44 pm
(Y) Gud Post. TuaiSialA nge nge.
E..khai…in-thlahrung reng reng suh, keini ang duang pawhin Tawngtial hi kan hman kan hman ve tak hi…”Nangni ang te ngat” tan phei chuan in-thlahrunna tur a awm lo hrim hrim.
Keep It Up… 😉
March 1st, 2012 at 6:46 pm
a va tuidul awm ve . an planet leh arsi hmuhchhuah thar hi a hming an phuah dan hi a mak teh nuaih thin . .a bengvarthlak e (Y)
March 1st, 2012 at 6:49 pm
astronomer ho lah hi a, an hmu hla thei fua fua si a, awih loh dawn chuan awih awm ve bawk si a.
Tlawng lui tui pawh duhtawk kan pump chhuak thei lo ania..light year emaw zat a hla ami tui chuh! haha
March 1st, 2012 at 6:51 pm
A hla awm em mai. Chawfun len a ngai thin.
March 1st, 2012 at 7:04 pm
khai a :-O
March 1st, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Planet thar hi an hmu chhuak reng mai a. A hla thei fuat fuat em mai thin leh nghal a.
A bengvarthlak e (Y)
March 1st, 2012 at 7:56 pm
A bengvar thlak e (Y)
Planet 2 tun a an chhui/zir uluk bik phei chu khawvel nen thil tam takah inanna an neih vang a nih kha mawle. A inan lohna chu planet pakhat khan star wars ami ang deuh khan Ni (sun) pahnih a nei.
Mahni phak tawk lekin ka mitthla ve thin a, hetiang planet ho an kaltheih hun hian la dam a chakawm ngawt thin mai :-S
March 1st, 2012 at 8:10 pm
hmana ka planet zir ve thin kha nge chanchin nih ta zel ang aw,, (Y)
March 1st, 2012 at 8:10 pm
A nih tak hi le… alem tang chuan.. :-O
March 1st, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Mizo tawngin let teh..i cannot read :-S :-O
March 1st, 2012 at 8:54 pm
PSEUDO SCIENCE rih deuh tlat!
March 1st, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Chemtatrawta te venga barrela thil inziak ka hre chhuak..paani-water-tui tih te kha..nitin sikul kal pahin kan chhiar chhi ve ziah 😀
March 1st, 2012 at 11:09 pm
#8 khi hriatchian a chakawm khawp mai. ‘Super Earth’ anti niin ka hria, habitable zone a nih chuan a mak danglam viau ang.
Universe hi a zau si a, hmuhchhuah tur a la tam viau ang ka ring. Tunah chuan Planet pakhat ringawt pawh kan la belchiang thei fumfelo a nih hi maw, Mars ah kan dak dek dek chauh a nia. Engtiang takin nge Pathian hian thil alo siam ropui ang, hriat a chakawm tulh tulh a nih ber hi !!!!
(Y)
March 1st, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Atom c #14 http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1205/New-earth-like-planet-discovered-by-NASA-spacecraft-Video
March 1st, 2012 at 11:21 pm
#15, a video ka zawng thin a, ka duh ang ka hmu thei mailo a, thanks….
March 1st, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Atom c #15 a chhungah khian video tlem a awm tel.
March 1st, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Post BVT tak ani. Tuaite, english a post hi inthlahrung suh, admin te pawn an encourage kha.
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:28 am
A lum bawk si, a tuidul bawk si, meidil kan tih hi a ni thei mai lo maw? Lol 😛
tren tren
March 2nd, 2012 at 1:32 am
Planet awmzia pawh hi la hrilhfiah ngai tak ka ni. 😉 A bengvar thlak hle mai. (Y)