Friday, December 12, 2008

News: Hubble finds carbon dioxide on extrasolar planet

http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0823.html

Just caught this today, it looks like we've found evidence of carbon-dioxide on a planet roughly the size of Jupiter...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it.

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