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First Exoplanet Atmospheres Analyzed

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-smell-of-exoplanets-in-the-morning dept.

deblau writes "NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of individual molecules in their atmospheres. The landmark achievement is a significant step toward being able to detect possible life on rocky exoplanets and comes years before astronomers had anticipated."

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  1. EPA by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shit! They are all polluted also.

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    Table-ized A.I.
  2. Alien Infiltration? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The theorists' heads were spinning when they saw the data," said Dr. Jeremy Richardson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
    Better have some xenobiologists check those guys out. Or a priest.