They're Calling It 'The Forbidden Planet'

We’ve discovered a planet that, for its size, is in a very strange place around it’s star! And other scientists, inspired by comets, have come up with a new way to potentially make breathable oxygen for people exploring Mars in the future.

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[Vekcrazah]

Physicists: WE HAVE FIGURED IT OUT! We know how everything behaves and should behave, and we should be one step closer to answering everything!

Universe: *I'm about to end these men's whole career*

[TheExoplanetsChannel]

Exoplanets.. *_they are always surprising us_*

[nilli]

"Get outta there little planet" t shirt please! I'd wear it!!

[SaiyanHeretic]

"Hot Jupiter and the Super Earths" is the name of my band.

[fraserhenderson]

coming up: Forbidden Planet 2: The Next Planet...

[abloogywoogywoo]

NGTS-4d: I'm the forbidden planet!


SWIFT J1756.9-2508 b: ...Hold my atmosphere.

[Alex-svvt]

Could the method of producing O2 from CO2 help combat global warming if we managed to scale it up?

[acialist]

SCIENCE!
SMASHING THINGS INTO OTHER THINGS! *FOR* *_SCIENCE_* !

[Master_Therion]

Another word for forbidden is Taboo, which sounds like Naboo, which is where the evil Sith Lord Emperor Palpatine is from, who destroyed the Jedi, who had a code saying attachments are forbidden. "Attached" is what this planet's atmosphere is, when it shouldn't be. Which is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Reminds me of the Forbidden City. It’s a nice place in Beijing, went there when I visited Pooh

[CraftyTeo]

first the forbidden bog butter, then the sarcophagus juice, and now THIS?! they're testing our resolve

[powerstation]

Your optimism and energy in your videos gives me life. Good job. :)

[sasquach]

Need to breathe on Mars...
NASA: Complicated partical accellorator to make CO2 fission into Oxygen.
Everyone Else: Just send a can with some plants in it...

[ChronitonMechanics]

Creating oxygen by slamming CO2 on a special surface until it breaks...rather brutal I would say...

[eternalsong]

Ah, Forbidden Planet, my favorite sci-fi B-movie.

[livinglandmine]

"Here's an interesting fact: you're not breathing real air. It's too expensive to pump this far down. We just take carbon dioxide out of a room, freshen it up a little, and pump it back in. So you'll be breathing the same room full of air for the rest of your life." - GLaDOS

[iurycabeleira]

Im a simple man, i learn about a forbiden world and i must go there

[robertkeeler]

Could the technique for breaking down CO2 be used for carbon scrubbing on Earth as global heating mitigation? Is the gold damaged, could we use a more readily available material?

Just wondering!

[thesprinklerguy]

so 2% return? might seem like a small amount but that's huge! so if converted 2% of mars atmosphere it would come to like 55, 000 square miles of breathable air.. I think lol.

[qualitycontrol]

The janitor is gonna be mad when he finds out she's wearing his good mop on her head.