About ten or twenty years ago the news was full of ice balls striking the earth. Then it was changed to fluffy ice balls. It was reported pilots saw frequent flashes of light in the stratosphere which someone inferred were the ice balls. No further recent news of the sort. But if it is true there should be water on every planet in the universe. No? And what happened to the subject?
2006-11-22 10:26:53 · 6 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Some planets are too hot for water, some are too cold. The larger planets are made from methane and other gases.
2006-11-22 10:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is water on almost every other planet, but it's not necessarily in liquid form. As you know, water has to be in a specific temperature range in order to stay liquid. It can also exist as a solid (ice) or a gas (water vapor). Earth is at the right distance from the sun for this to happen. There may possibly be liquid water on Europa (one of Jupiter's moons) but as of now we are not completely certain. Still, there is plenty of water in the solar system.
2006-11-22 10:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by The Wired 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE "ice balls" you refer to are comets...and they're not quite the "snowballs" that they were made out to be in previous years. They're more like big rocks...they do emit lots of visible gases so that they make a "tail" as they get closer to the sun.
But not every planet has a suitable environvent for supporting water...nor do they all have identical chemical make-ups.
2006-11-22 10:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most planets are gaseous and are being formed yet
2006-11-22 12:00:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just one more small reason to know God is real.
2006-11-22 15:27:03 · answer #5 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One has water you should know which one duh...
Jessica
2006-11-22 11:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by j_teresko 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋