Hubble finds carbon dioxide on an extrasolar planet
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 07:56
in Astronomy & Space
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step in finding the chemical biotracers of life as we know it on other worlds.
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