Today I learned that there is a planet made of hot ice.
Today I learned that there is a planet made of hot ice.
The star Gliese 436b, which is 32 light years from Earth and 20 times larger, consists mainly of water at a temperature of 450 degrees Celsius. The water is in a solid state, due to the tremendous pressure exerted on them.
It is not ice we know here on Earth, but exotic formations of matter, which can exist only in these strange conditions.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_436_b
Such an interesting article, a planet made of some sort of ice, but being at that tempeture... And the planet being so big with that amount of water in it, its just magnificent! Great post, man!