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Alien Atmosphere Hubbled

Posted by Hemos on from the water-+-Na-=-fun dept.

b-side.org writes "Yahoo! News has a story on yon giant hubble mirrorscope thingy locating an alien, mostly sodium, atmosphere. X10.com popunder ads also included free of charge." Mm....let's mix that atmosphere with water. T cuts in: This turns out to be the major discovery hinted at a few days ago.

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  1. Re:wtf? by b-side.org · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And I quote:

    The planet, about the size of Jupiter and orbiting close to the star HD209458, has an atmosphere loaded with sodium and is inhospitable to earthly life, officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said at a briefing.

    YIMV.

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