I blame Carrie Nation

[james_davis_nicoll]

Why is Earth a dry planet?

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[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I was kind of hoping for an infographic detailing legal alcohol sales across the globe, but this was nice too.

"Conditions within the disk will vary from star to star, ..."

If the model is correct, I suspect it's not just water molecules that this process affects. I'm wondering what other compounds might be significant in Earth-like planets' formation.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I wonder if this could help explain some of the close-in gas giants we've been seeing.

It's also something I'm going to put in my Fermi Paradox file- if a good chunk of planets in the habitable zone around stars form gas giants, that would reduce the number of habitable planets for life to form on.

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

Close in gas giants are just a selection effect -- they're the easiest to find.

And lots of stars don't have them.

[rwpikul.livejournal.com]

While a gas giant itself is a poor location for complex life, the moons of a close giant may be good locations.