There could be hundreds of planets covered in oceans up to 1,000km deep, scientists say

[Judi Lynn]

ABC News Breakfast By Patrick Wood
Updated about 2 hours ago

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More than 20 years ago, Kevin Costner dared to dream of a planet completely covered in water.

His big-budget film, Waterworld, was a flop.

But perhaps it was just ahead of its time, as new modelling suggests there are hundreds of alien exoplanets (or planets outside our solar system) out there that are dominated by water.

What's the discovery?
Since 1992 we've known of exoplanets orbiting other stars, and pondered what they might look like or offer us here on Earth.

More:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/new-model-suggests-hundreds-of-alien-water-worlds-exist/10167792

[LonePirate]

1. Given the vastness of the universe there are likely hundreds of planets covered 1000km deep in X.

Name your X: diamonds; iron; magma; noble gases; lead; etc.

[Beartracks]

2. Republicans.

We can't be the only planet unlucky enough to have this problem. The universe is vast.

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[True Dough]

3. Sounds like lots of resources for

Nestle, Halliburton and Glencore to plunder!

[marylandblue]

4. The article title is inconsistent with the article

The surprise is not the absolute count of water planets, but that as many as 1/3 of all super earths may be 50% water rather than 99.98% rock like earth.