Water discovered on extrasolar planet

A team of European scientists has discovered the first presence of water vapor on an extrasolar planet. The discovery, using data from NASA's Spitzer space telescope, was made by studying infrared bands as the planet HD 189733b transited in front of its parent star, located in the constellation...

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