First Exoplanet Atmospheres Analyzed

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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Re:However, due to lack of federal support

[niloroth]

maybe instead of blaming the lack of federal support, we should consider the fact that NASA tends to blow money in frivolous ways on things like ISS and the space shuttle missions, instead of things that are more cost effective?

-justin