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Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet

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Astronomy news // 19 March, 2008 07:03:51
 A team of astronomers led by Mark Swain of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star. The breakthrough, made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our solar system.

Hubble Captures a Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases

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Science images // 26 April, 2003 02:06:07
 Resembling the fury of a raging sea, this image actually shows a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulfur.
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