From Gavin Whittaker
Heriot, Midlothian
The news that water may have been detected on the Sun may well be surprising
to astrophysicists
(In Brief, 26 July, p 25). But for the rest of us, it is more
surprising that no NASA scientist has yet claimed that these “damp sunspots”
might provide a niche for some form of life on our local star.
