Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:49 in Astronomy & Space

A team of astronomers, led by JPL's Mark Swain, has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star.

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