Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 14:08
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's 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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