Major Milestone In The Search For Water On Distant Planets

Neptune-sized planet crosses in front of its star in the constellation Cygnus. Astronomers have found the blue part of the planet’s rim due to scattered light. The planet is 4 times bigger than the Earth. What they found in it is water vapor and hydrogen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet HAT P-11b. This planet could sustain life.

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