Hot, rocky planets may change their composition if rock components vaporize in steam atmospheres that escape to space
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 09:11
in Astronomy & Space
The media often imply that the goal of the hunt for extrasolar planets is to find a rocky planet about the size of Earth orbiting a star like the sun at a distance that would allow liquid water to persist on its surface. In other words, the goal is to find Earth 2.0.