The Planetologist

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First rocky exoplanet found

• February 3, 2009 • 5 Comments

Posted in Exoplanets, Planetology
Tags: "Heavy metal", lava world


Heavy metal planet found: twice as dense as lead and heavier than 20 Jupiters

• October 6, 2008 • 20 Comments

Posted in Astronomy, Exoplanets
Tags: "Heavy metal"


I'm a geologist who specializes in the geochemistry of weird elements, weird bacteria, and weird planets. I'm a skeptic, a blogger, a cat herder, and quite the slacker. I fight the forces of ignorance and superstition through my heroic blog, which features news and commentary from sundry fields of scientific endeavor. Also I rant.

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