The teams findings werepublishedtoday in Nature.
Here we finally obtained an observation of an atmosphere surrounding a rocky exoplanet.
Instead, scientists discern aspects of an exoplanets makeup using the stars they orbit.
An artist’s impression of the rocky world orbiting close to its host star.Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
Astronomers have documented more than5,000 exoplanetsto date.
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