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minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoBut is that unusual? That’s just pretty normal, no? Any planet with a liquid core is bound to have one.
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMaybe‽ 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
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWe probably won’t have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question.
But is that unusual? That’s just pretty normal, no?
Any planet with a liquid core is bound to have one.
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
We probably won’t have better data soon. Actually resolving planets directly is incredibly far out of reach. Measuring their core is implausible.
The core, no, but detecting the effects of a magnetic field are not out of the question.