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Scientists Find Water on Extra-solar Planet

Posted by samzenpus on from the there-is-no-tea-like-space-tea dept.

amigoro writes "Scientists have, for the first time, conclusively discovered the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our Solar System, according to an article appearing in Nature. They made the discovery by analysing the transit of the gas giant HD 189733b across its star, in the Infrared using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. HD 189733b is a 'hot jupiter', a gas giant that is roughly the size and mass of Jupiter but orbits very close to the star, so no chance of life there."

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  1. Re:no change of life like us by Aliriza · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is not politics , this is a political joke :) And according to my sense of humour it is funny , of course it is not funny for the people of Iraq.