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Planet with Water Discovered

HD 189733b holds superheated water vapor but is too hot for aliens

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 11, 2007 3:57 PM CDT

(Newser) – Astronomers located the first planet beyond our solar system that hosts water—a giant gas ball bigger than Jupiter and named HD 189733b. Its sizzling climate, which can reach upwards of 3,600 degrees, renders it uninhabitable to any extraterrestrials, but the discovery shows that...   Read full story »

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