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They Just Figured Out a Better Way to Find Water on Distant Planets

Water was discovered in the atmosphere of exoplanet 51 Pegasi b. The CRIRES method, based on the Doppler effect, is perhaps even more vital than this finding, as an innovative approach that will aid in the further discovery of water on other planets.

They Just Figured Out a Better Way to Find Water on Distant Planets
Artist impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)

[DIGEST: IFLS, Phys.org]

For generations, both astrophysicists and non-scientists alike have pondered whether Earth-like planets exist beyond human knowledge out in the Universe.

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