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Water Found in Exoplanet's Atmosphere

anthemaniac writes "Astronomers have long suspected that water should exist in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets. Now they have evidence. Water has been discovered in a planet called HD209458b, which was previously found to have oxygen. From the article: 'The discovery ... means one of the most crucial elements for life as we know it can exist around planets orbiting other stars.' But don't go looking for little green men. You might remember HD209458b as a 'hot Jupiter' that boils under the glow of its very nearby star."

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  1. MOD PARENT DOWN - GOATSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod parent down, link redirects to goatse!!!

  2. Re:Straw poll: by Grishnakh · · Score: -1, Troll

    anyone who doubts that there is ET life is either extremely ignorant or just a fool. seriously, i don't even see how in this day in age that there is even a debate about 'if?'.

    It's quite simple: there's nothing in the Bible which tells of other planets, and the Bible is the authority on the creation of the universe. Therefore, there can't be life on other planets. This is why there's a debate.

    As for the debaters on that side, look back at your first sentence I quoted here, and remember there's a LOT of people around that fit that description. About half the US population in fact.