Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds

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Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1449653 - Posted: 3 Dec 2013, 22:27:24 UTC - in response to Message 1439970.   Last modified: 3 Dec 2013, 22:28:59 UTC press release... Using the powerful eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. The presence of atmospheric water was reported previously on a few exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, but this is the first study to conclusively measure and compare the profiles and intensities of these signatures on multiple worlds. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/december/hubble-traces-subtle-signals-of-water-on-hazy-worlds/#.Up5ZsSfTDSc ID: 1449653 ·
W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19508 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1449939 - Posted: 4 Dec 2013, 17:45:01 UTC Hubble Traces Subtle Signals of Water on Hazy Worlds Using the powerful­ eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. The presence of atmospheric water was reported previously on a few exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, but this is the first study to conclusively measure and compare the profiles and intensities of these signatures on multiple worlds. ID: 1449939 ·
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10	Message 1450083 - Posted: 4 Dec 2013, 23:32:27 UTC I hope they are right and that the trend continues to reveal a high percentage of planets with at least trace amounts of water. The more planets they discover with water the better chance there is of finding life in some form. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. ID: 1450083 ·
Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24922 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 1450799 - Posted: 6 Dec 2013, 20:59:58 UTC "The team was able to confirm that the planet is moving together with its host star by examining Hubble Space Telescope data taken eight years prior for another research programme." The impossible planet Interesting. ID: 1450799 ·

 
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