There is a planet covered in burning ice. You heard me.
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Via Reddit user --wasp:
There is a planet that is covered in burning ice. Not dry ice. Ice, but it's incredibly hot. It is called Gliese 436 b. Its surface is at a constant 800ºF, but the ice remains as ice because the gravity of the planet is so incredibly powerful that it compresses all of the water vapour into a solid state. It is actually called ice-ten/ice X.
love it
It does boggle my imagination just thinking about it.
10:19 AM Aug 30 2013