Astronomers Find Hot, Puffy Version of Earth
KOI-314c
Astronomers have spotted a hotter and puffier version of Earth circling a distant star.
The oddball exoplanet candidate KOI-314c is located about 200 light-years away and is roughly the same mass as Earth, but its extremely thick atmosphere makes the world about 60 percent larger than our home planet, scientists say.
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Excellent! We should send out a scouting expedition ASAP! We should send all the great world politicians in case they meet anyone. The rest of us will just have to get along by ourselves once they depart.
The truth is out there...
Planet Huffington?