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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. However, due to lack of federal support by cheftw · · Score: -1, Troll

    is a significant step toward being able to detect possible life

    There has as yet been suprisingly very little research into the detection of inpossible life, blame underfunding for NASA.

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