Photo: First Sign of Water on Planet Outside Our System



The Hubble Space Telescope, shown orbiting Earth, helped astronomers detect water on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The instrument that aided in the discovery, however, is no longer working, so similar findings may not be coming anytime soon.

Photograph courtesy NASA


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