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Jupiter has an infamous hurricane of its own that has been raging for centuries. Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, ravaged the country for several days in 2005 with winds reaching up to 175 mph and extending 120 miles from its center. The catastrophic hurricane that wonвЂ™t end Imagine a great mist rising and falling from the air вЂ“ then consider that that mist is the atmosphere. Then, as the dwarf-planet nears the Sun, Pluto warms until the ice sublimates back into a gas вЂ“ that is, it transitions directly from solid to gas, skipping the liquid phase. But PlutoвЂ™s elongated orbit results in a huge discrepancy between its closest and furthest distances from the Sun вЂ“ the dwarf-planet orbits at nearly twice the distance from the Sun during a вЂњPlutonian winterвЂќ than it does during its summer.ДЄs a result, scientists predict that as Pluto moves away from the Sun, its thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide gas gradually freezes and falls to the ground as ice. The difference between the EarthвЂ™s closest and furthest distance from the Sun is only about 5%. Were this the case, then seasons would be a global phenomenon, rather than a hemispherical one caused by the EarthвЂ™s axial tilt. It is a popular misconception that EarthвЂ™s seasons are caused by our planet being further away from the Sun during winter and closer during summer. No, weвЂ™re not being alarmists вЂ“ on Pluto, the sky is literally falling. The result is a giant, roiling sandstorm crackling with electricity. As the dust particles rub against one another, friction charges the dust cloud with electrostatic forces that can discharge as lightning bolts. Since hot air rises and cold air falls, the pocket of dust is propelled upward at 22 mph, like a rocket вЂ“ 100 times faster than the convection normally occurring within the storm. When a pocket of dust within a storm is heated by the sun, the surrounding atmosphere warms quickly, creating a temperature discrepancy on the cold planet. Without any rain to wash the dust out of the sky, the particles hang in the dry planetвЂ™s atmosphere far longer than in EarthвЂ™s вЂ“ so long that they act as seeds for clouds to form.Д«ut the size of these dust storms isnвЂ™t the only thing thatвЂ™s impressive about them.

On Mars, dust storms can attain heights of 20 to 30 miles into the atmosphere, expanding globally and obscuring the entire surface for days вЂ“ even weeks. On Earth, sandstorms can carry dust as high as a mile up into the air.

Needless to say, you wouldnвЂ™t want to breathe any of these, let alone live on a planet in which the air itself was plasma. Yes, this is the same plasma found in plasma TVs, but other examples of plasma you may be unaware of include fluorescent lamps, neon signs, and lightning.

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YouвЂ™re no longer dealing with simple molecules of H2O floating around, but also the вЂњbrokenвЂќ components of water molecules, including oxygen, hydrogen, and even free electrons, all floating around as a soupy mess we call plasma. Add more heat, and the molecules become excited enough to move around freely, separated from each other by vast distances: water vapor.Д«ut add even more heat and the molecules themselves lose their cohesion, breaking apart into charged particles. Add some heat, and the molecules get excited they begin vibrating and lose their cohesion, but remain held together as a liquid. The water molecules are arranged in a rigidly structured pattern. Take a block of ice вЂ“ solid H2O one part oxygen, two parts hydrogen. Gliese 1214 b orbits its star at a distance 70 times closer than the Earth orbits the Sun, reaching temperatures of 280 вЊ, making it uninhabitable. In fact, it doesnвЂ™t even exist in a solid or gaseous state вЂ“ itвЂ™s a plasma. Unfortunately, that water doesnвЂ™t exist in a liquid state. As such, any leads in the hunt for H2O are met with great interest in the scientific community, and planet Gliese 1214 b raised a few eyebrows when it was discovered to have an atmosphere rich in water. The search for water in our universe is closely tied with the search for life.

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