I think we've found Atlantis!!!!

[Dazzle foot]

The Hubble planet has found a new class of planets, that consist of more water than land.... All they need to do now is find an ancient outpost on it!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17117030

[Snowman37]

Uh... Stargate isn't real...

[Dazzle foot]

It must be, because I found a buried gate outside my house over the weekend
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[LtColCarter]

The Hubble planet has found a new class of planets, that consist of more water than land.... All they need to do now is find an ancient outpost on it!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17117030

Woo-hoo!

[Gen. Chris]

Uh... Stargate isn't real...

Shun the nonbeliever...SHUN!

[terminator]

The planet is 2.7 times Earth's diameter weighing 7 times as much and it has more water. Well no kidding. What genious does it take to figure out that a bigger planet than ours but similar class has more water? I can only hope that was meant to mean percentage-wise relative to size of planet there is more water.... otherwise it seems like pure conjecture to discuss its composition.

[ZRFTS]

The Hubble planet has found a new class of planets, that consist of more water than land.... All they need to do now is find an ancient outpost on it!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17117030

Sweet... There's always one fantasy that I wanted to do, and that is to live on a world entirely inhabited by water while searching for that one piece of land.

[Quizziard]

otherwise it seems like pure conjecture to discuss its composition.

Isn't there an optical technique for identifying the atmospheric content?

[AlexanderD]

Isn't there an optical technique for identifying the atmospheric content?

Yes, its called astronomical spectroscopy.

[Quizziard]

Yes, its called astronomical spectroscopy.

Can't we just send a member of the SGC through the Stargate, even in a Jumper, grab a small sample, bring it back and whack it in a slightly more commonplace GCMS?

[terminator]

Isn't there an optical technique for identifying the atmospheric content?

Yeah I typed that in a hurry and should have worded it better. I really only meant to continue making fun of the really stupidly obvious statement about it being bigger and having more water. Now of course there could be a planet technically that is bigger with less water but when I read that headline it just comes across like they are making this really bold prediction or announcing a startling fact when statistically if there is a planet nearly 3 times the size of earth that we know has water then even a 3 year old could probably come to the conclusion that it most likely has more water. I was at the time posting on both gateworld and gawker/io9, which promote snark and sarcasm, and should have more deliberately chose words differently for a different audience. My bad. I promise I do have a rudimentary knowledge base of most things biology/chemistry/physics/astronomy through college and/or hobbies. Won't happen again.

[AlexanderD]

Can't we just send a member of the SGC through the Stargate, even in a Jumper, grab a small sample, bring it back and whack it in a slightly more commonplace GCMS?

You could, but the discipline I listed is a unique and incredible capability. This method makes possible an analysis without personnel exposure to other environments.