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A gaze at exoplanet haze

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Atmosphere of distant super-Earth may contain a Titan-like cloak.

Spectroscopic observations of a distant planet swooping across the face of its sun have given astronomers a first-ever look at the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet lying beyond our Solar System. The new data don't provide a precise list of gaseous constituents, but they do indicate that the atmosphere is not one of cloud-free hydrogen.

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Perkins, S. A gaze at exoplanet haze. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.643

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