Killer ‘Hot Jupiters’ Could Abort Formation of Alien EarthsThis December, Jupiter will rival the brilliance of Venus in the night sky as Earth makes its closest approach to the giant planet for this year (no doubt 2012 soothsayers will mistake it for the final approach of the mythological doomsday planet Nibiru).December’s “Christmas Star” appearance of Jupiter will belie the fact that this 318 Earth-mass monster had the potential to snuff-out Earth’s formation 4.5 billion years ago. keep reading

Killer ‘Hot Jupiters’ Could Abort Formation of Alien Earths

This December, Jupiter will rival the brilliance of Venus in the night sky as Earth makes its closest approach to the giant planet for this year (no doubt 2012 soothsayers will mistake it for the final approach of the mythological doomsday planet Nibiru).

December’s “Christmas Star” appearance of Jupiter will belie the fact that this 318 Earth-mass monster had the potential to snuff-out Earth’s formation 4.5 billion years ago.

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Source: news.discovery.com

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