Sentences with phrase «scorched planets»

In January, the team reported a similar analysis of Kepler data for scorched planets that orbit close to their stars.

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted these and other images during its first flyby of the scorched planet on January 14.

MESSENGER's lonely demise on the small, scorched planet closest to the sun went unobserved because the probe hit the side of the planet facing away from Earth, so ground - based telescopes were not able to capture the moment of impact.

Last month, scientists announced that the green - hued meteorite NWA 7325 shares many chemical similarities with Mercury, suggesting it may be the first known visitor from the small, sun - scorched planet.

WHAT: Marooned on a sun - scorched planet, notorious fugitive Riddick (Vin Diesel) activates an emergency beacon at a mercenary outpost in the hopes of hijacking a ship from whoever comes to collect the price on his head.

In theaters September 6, «The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun - scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.

BD +48 740, a red giant they observed using the 9.2 - meter Hobby - Eberly Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, appears to have the fumes of a scorched planet in its atmosphere.

Not exact matches

Following its 2004 discovery in a scorching close orbit around a star 40 light - years away, astronomers dubbed the planet a «super-Earth.»

With scorching temperatures and a mind - numbingly slow rotation (one Venus day lasts 243 Earth days), Venus was already a contender for weirdest planet in the solar system.

You might think such a tight orbit would scorch the surface of the planet.

The scorching ball of gas, a «hot Jupiter» called HD 149026b, is a sweltering 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius)-- about 3 times hotter than the rocky surface of Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system.

Close - in planets are also likely to be «tidally locked,» with one side always facing the star in an eternal scorching day while the other side freezes in an endless night.

An artist's rendering of an exoplanet with cloudy mornings and clear, scorching afternoons, exhibiting a cycle of phase variations that occur as different portions of the planet are illuminated by its star, as seen from Earth.

In such a scorching environment, the top layer of the planet is likely completely melted, creating a massive, roiling ocean of lava.

At that distance, the temperature at the planet's surface is a scorching 2700 °C.

February was the second hottest on record for the planet, trailing only last year's scorching February — a clear mark of how much the Earth has warmed from the accumulation of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Nevertheless, Earthlings would not mistake Gliese 581g for their home planet — in addition to its so - called super-Earth dimensions, it orbits a star far smaller and dimmer than the sun, and its average surface temperatures would vary dramatically, from well below freezing on its night side to scorching hot on the day side.

Mildly encouraging news for Earthlings hoping to escape the scorched ruins of our own planet: A team of astronomers has found evidence for four Earth - sized (ish) worlds orbiting tau Ceti, a Sun - like star located just 12 light years away.

The proximity of the planet to the star means that it would be scorching hot and not habitable.

The scorching temperatures experienced by planets close to their stars, which can be at temperatures in excess of 2000 degrees Celsius, also mean that more molecules from the planet's interior make their way into the atmosphere.

While water molecules were part of the cloud of gas and dust that coalesced into our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, Earth's early history included scorching temperatures and little - to - no atmosphere, so it was thought that any water on the planet's surface would likely have evaporated.

The low reflectance means that the planet essentially consumes 94 % of the light that it receives from its host star, converting it into heat and allowing it to maintain its scorching temperatures, NASA explained.

Scorched Earth takes place amidst a planet that suffered an environmental collapse, the air became dangerous to breathe, the water became toxic, and billions of people died.

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

I liked the last Star Wars film quite a bit, and this new one looks pretty good too, but, really, they are Death Stars of cinema releases; vast, planet - sized pieces of machinery issuing scorched - earth marketing campaigns from which other distributors shrink in terror.

Description: A spaceship crashes on a desert planet scorched under three suns.

On the scorching, misfit - filled planet Abraxias, an enigmatic doctor assembles a crew of brawlers, outcasts, and outlaws to deliver a stolen, dangerous payload to the other side of an area known as Freespace.

There is a planet Earth, that's scorched (so I'm guessing a Scorched Earth thing), an ARK Community globe and a «Survival of the Fittest» option but all of them say «coming soon» with no indication on if they are going to be paid expansions, free add - ons, new environments, multiplayer games, or what?!? Also, there is no indication of when they are due to scorched (so I'm guessing a Scorched Earth thing), an ARK Community globe and a «Survival of the Fittest» option but all of them say «coming soon» with no indication on if they are going to be paid expansions, free add - ons, new environments, multiplayer games, or what?!? Also, there is no indication of when they are due to Scorched Earth thing), an ARK Community globe and a «Survival of the Fittest» option but all of them say «coming soon» with no indication on if they are going to be paid expansions, free add - ons, new environments, multiplayer games, or what?!? Also, there is no indication of when they are due to go live.

When a rogue army runs rampant on Mars, it's time to strap in, mount up, and scorch the red planet in plasma energy.

The planet names are changed in the non-foreign releases and are a bit more descriptive of the planet for English speakers (the water planet Leatow becomes Undertow and the fire planet Onaclove becomes Scorch, for example).

It isn't possible without massive fossil fuel subsidies and deliberately scorching much of the planet to reach harmful levels of CO2.

While other planets in Earth's solar system are either scorching hot or bitterly cold, Earth's surface has relatively mild, stable temperatures.

He had just completed his doctoral thesis on the atmosphere of the planet Venus where carbon dioxide was dense and the surface temperature was a scorching 460 °C (860 °F), Now he was assigned to the question raised by Budyko — could climate forcings (as they're called) from human causes cancel out natural forcings of cooler temperatures and cause global warming in the near future?