Scientists Find Distant Extrasolar Planet With Atmosphere

MurthyDN writes "The New York Times (Free Registration, man) has an article which says 'The Hubble Space Telescope has detected an extensive atmosphere of hydrogen enveloping and escaping from a newfound planet of a distant star, scientists reported yesterday. The discovery comes as no surprise, astronomers say, but is important nonetheless as apparent confirmation that the extrasolar planets observed so far not only are much like the solar system's Jupiter in size but also are similarly huge gaseous bodies.'"

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This was posted way back on March 13 here. There are links that don't require the intrusive NY Times registration. They are Spaceflightnow and Nature