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Scott Horstman
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Proves to be a big step in searching for Earth like planets.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/hst_img_20080319.html
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Galaxy001
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Fascinating, interesting that it is methane. Amazing that with spectroscopy we can learn so much about the contents of these exoplanets.
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 Meade LX90 GPS 8" UHTC
With a (Meade) 18 mm UWA ep and a 3x telextender
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jupiterzkool
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Fascinating, interesting that it is methane. Amazing that with spectroscopy we can learn so much about the contents of these exoplanets.
Actually, methane is the obvious molecule. It is the simplest and energetically most likely molecule to contain carbon in all giant planets with a hydrogen dominated atmosphere. As a result it will be the most abundant carbon containing molecule. Ultraviolet light from nearby stars act to create more complex carbon containing molecules in the outermost levels of the atmosphere.
-Scott
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Cassini-Huygens: Mission to Saturn & Titan
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TomC10
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The Planetary Society's Planetary Radio discusses this with JPL's Mark Swain this week.
"[M.S.]..the Hubble Space Telescope today has enough sensitivity to make similar types of measurements on a half dozen exoplanets."
The Hubble is truly an astronomical swiss knife. They keep finding new ways to use that thing for cutting edge discoveries - amazing 
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