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January 02, 2014

NASA's Hubble Sees Cloudy Super-Worlds With Chance for More Clouds
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 01, 2014
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of planets in the Milky Way galaxy and found both may be blanketed with clouds. The planets are GJ 436b, located 36 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, and GJ 1214b, 40 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. Despite numerous efforts, the nature of the atmospheres surrounding these planets had eluded definitive characterization until now. The researchers desc ... read more

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