Thursday, January 2, 2014

Exoplanet Atmospheres

Two separate studies have used the Hubble Space Telescope to look at the atmospheres of two exoplanets-- one super Earth, and the other a world the size of Neptune in a tight orbit around its star.

Clouds were inferred by both studies, but the projects were at the limits of Hubble's capabilities.  Much more progress will likely have to await the next generation of space telescope.

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