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Although astronomers have been expecting to detect the presence of water vapor in the atmospheres of nearly all of the known extrasolar planets, most of these 200 or so planets orbit too closely to their parent star for observations to be made easily.
“Our findings show strong evidence for water’s presence in HD209458b’s atmosphere,” Barman said. “Now that we know that water vapor exists in the atmosphere of one extrasolar planet, it’s probably safe to...
Back when they both lived in France, Hamid Senni and Edouard Jozan might have been on different planets. Senni, the son of Moroccan immigrants, grew up in a soulless housing project near Valence and, egged on by his father, scraped his way through school. More than once, he was told...
On Earth, silicates are found in rocks, but on much hotter planets, Charbonneau said, silicates have been found in dark clouds.
Future plans to study HD 189733b and other similar planets are underway, Charbonneau said.