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Reading the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

For the first time, astronomers have identified a planet outside our solar system with an atmosphere containing organic molecules.

Reading the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

SOURCE: NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute | GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark - The Washington Post - March 24, 2008

This Story An 'Astounding Time' for Planetary Discoveries Article \| It used to be that planets were familiar places such as Mars and Saturn that orbited our sun and were well known to all schoolchildren. Transcript: Science: Exoplanets Reading the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute \| GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark - The Washington Post - March 24, 2008 ¬es=For the first time, astronomers have identified a planet outside our solar system with an atmosphere containing organic molecules." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute \| GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark - The Washington Post - March 24, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Nation News » washingtonpost.com
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