really really habitable exoplanets....

[notFritzArgelander]

have gin and tonic.

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-astronome ... pable.html

[Thefatkitty]

"To proceed, we define the Minimum Acceptable Gin and tonIC, or MAGIC..."

I love it! Good research!

[Star Dad]

You can have the tonic - I'll take the gin. Yeah, these RHZ planets would be my idea of a great planet.

[AntennaGuy]

Hmm.

"...we assume it is the equivalent of a astronomer's use of 'metal' – including almost everything in the universe apart from a few common ingredients. Everything is a metal, apart from hydrogen and helium, and everything is a botanical apart from water and alcohol."

That, and a cow can be modeled as a sphere of ~uniform density....
Heh.

[notFritzArgelander]

Yep. I'll take my really habitable exoplanet with a dram of scotch please.....

[helicon]

Sauryan Brandy...

[The Happy Parrot]

I'm thinking pizza. That includes Antenna guy's cows, grains (i.e. beer and pizza crust, thin please) and lots of veggies which require water.

[notFritzArgelander]

I'm thinking pizza. That includes Antenna guy's cows, grains (i.e. beer and pizza crust, thin please) and lots of veggies which require water.

This is by far the healthiest suggestion!

[AntennaGuy]

Pizza is, arguably, the most nutritionally-balanced food known...

[The Happy Parrot]

Pizza is, arguably, the most nutritionally-balanced food known...

Pizza planets!

[notFritzArgelander]

I'm not a fan of space colonization, as you know, but a planet with beer and pizza might tempt even me!

[AntennaGuy]

Re: The aforementioned cow:
https://accordingtohoyt.files.wordpress ... calcow.jpg

[ThinkerX]

should have the next 'Alternative Earths' segment up in a day or two: 'Alternative Earths 4: Planetary Chaos.' Bit hesitant as the data gets sparse in a hurry, fair bit of straight out guesswork. Still...