Water has been detected in the atmosphere of a massive, hot planet orbiting the nearby star tau Boötis.
Led by Alexandra Lockwood from the California Institute of Technology, scientists used a novel technique to detects the infrared radiation in a planet’s atmosphere, paving the way for the collection of data on non-transiting planets that existing techniques were unable to reach.
The new technique will assist scientists’ understanding of how planets with water form and evolve.
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