If these planets are tidally locked wouldn't that kill the dynamo process that produces a planets magnetic field? If that magnetic field is gone wouldn't they suffer the same fate as Mars and lose their atmosphere to the solar wind?

He means serious hazard. Most of them ride really low in the water making them almost impossible to see - especially at night. Slamming into one of these can cause damage up to and including sinking your boat.

Nicely done. Please mod parent up.

It's feeling much better!!!

+1 for the Harcourt Fenton Mudd reference. I tip my hat to you good sir.

African or European?

He's dead Jim.

The LHC can wait(it has done so for many years), so I suggest we wait for some more number crunching instead of pushing the big red button like a hyperactive toddler.

You must be new here.

Not true, internet exploder runs on the mac.

So does the mass sometimes cling to the hairs?
Yeah, it's called a Klingon.