Introducing Kepler 138, a project exploring the existence and possible mystical inhabitants of newly discovered Water Planets. It serves as the natural progression to my Laurel blue sophomore collection. The ocean and love of which , being the continuously evolving theme.
Kepler 138d&c are exoplanets. That is to say , planets that lie outside our solar system. Both , slightly larger than earth and under previous understanding would have been called super earths. However , their density lies between that of a rocky world like ours and gas-giant planets. It has been reasoned that a large fraction of their volume consists of water. Never seen before and only theorised until now I delve into the existence of Water Planets.
Before the dinosaurs and even the trees that line Planet Earth there were sharks. A species , known to have survived over five mass ocean extinctions. Pre-existing our Jurassic friends by 200 million years. The first known , was the Cladoselache shark which swam in the warmer waters of our planet. Belonging to the Chondrichthyes Class as their skeletons were predominantly cartilage. This trait, amongst others, has allowed sharks to constantly survive. Being much lighter than bone , cartilage allows sharks to swim fast and not overly exhaust energy. Sharks sink when they don’t swim so this weight advantage is critical.
