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by didjshaman
Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Gliese 581 and the habitable zone (APOD 26 Apr 2007)
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I wonder if water would still be there

Although the temp is right for water now, this is after the solar lifecycle has largely expended itself. At the sun's peak and then later thru its giant phase, don't you think any surface water would have boiled off and been swept off planet by powerful solar winds? Or perhaps with so much iron cont...