▲ 1553 ▼ Sea Level (europe.pub) submitted 9 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) But is that unusual? That's just pretty normal, no? Any planet with a liquid core is bound to have one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] knightly@pawb.social 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) Maybe‽ We don't have much of a basis for comparison outside of our solar system just yet, but we should have better data soon. And it being "normal" would just make it more science fictiony. =D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) We probably won't have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago The core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) Maybe‽ We don't have much of a basis for comparison outside of our solar system just yet, but we should have better data soon. And it being "normal" would just make it more science fictiony. =D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) We probably won't have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago The core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) We probably won't have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago The core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago The core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question. permalink fedilink source parent