Hubble finds carbon dioxide on an extrasolar planet

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step in finding the chemical biotracers of life as we know it on other worlds.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMY9STGOF_index_0.html

Time: 10. Dec. 2008

Feed: ESA Top News

Topics: carbon, dioxide, hubble, planet