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Astronomers Find Extrasolar Planetary Atmosphere

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected their first chemical element in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. This artist's conception shows a Jupiterlike planet closely orbiting the star HD 209458.Courtesy G. Bacon (STScI/AVL). In the past six years, astronomers have found nearly 80 gas-giant planets…

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