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First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet

Finding bodes well in searching for life signatures beyond the solar system

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

Editor’s note: SN Online originally posted the following story November 21. On December 9, the European Space Agency formally announced the Hubble Space Telescope findings and the story was reposted.

FIRST IMPRESSION Pictured is an artist’s impression of the Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet HD 189733b being eclipsed by its parent star.