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Science News: Using Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed water vapor in the atmosphere of the tiniest exoplanet yet, GJ 9827d. The planet, which
Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to find water vapour in the atmosphere of planet GJ 9827d, the smallest exoplanet with such evidence. The discovery, made by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, is an important step in understanding the prevalence and diversity of atmospheres on rocky planets. However, it is still unclear whether the […]