Comments on: Astronomer: Earth-Like Planets Are Common, But Stars Have Eaten Many http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/13/astronomer-earth-like-planets-are-common-but-stars-have-eaten-many/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: scribbler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/13/astronomer-earth-like-planets-are-common-but-stars-have-eaten-many/#comment-17938 scribbler Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:03:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13408#comment-17938 Interesting hypothesis and verifiable with a little more looking in the right spots. Interesting hypothesis and verifiable with a little more looking in the right spots.

]]> By: Andrew Moseman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/13/astronomer-earth-like-planets-are-common-but-stars-have-eaten-many/#comment-17937 Andrew Moseman Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:40:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13408#comment-17937 @Sundance Indeed, thanks for the typo catch. Fixed. @Sundance Indeed, thanks for the typo catch. Fixed.

]]> By: Sundance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/13/astronomer-earth-like-planets-are-common-but-stars-have-eaten-many/#comment-17936 Sundance Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:38:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13408#comment-17936 Interesting hypothesis... it'd be cool if it's correct. BTW I think you mean he found lots of stars (not planets) with atmospheres of nearly pure helium. Interesting hypothesis… it’d be cool if it’s correct.

BTW I think you mean he found lots of stars (not planets) with atmospheres of nearly pure helium.

]]> By: katesisco http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/13/astronomer-earth-like-planets-are-common-but-stars-have-eaten-many/#comment-17935 katesisco Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:43:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=13408#comment-17935 I wonder if S W Carey would consider this as support for his theory that planets explode by expansion. Our Sol has H2O. If there are plenty of white dwarfs and the planets are gone--how did they get gone? I wonder if S W Carey would consider this as support for his theory that planets explode by expansion. Our Sol has H2O. If there are plenty of white dwarfs and the planets are gone–how did they get gone?

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