{"id":54214,"date":"2024-01-26T06:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T06:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4190a5ec-57d9-4970-9cda-b71827f17cae"},"modified":"2024-01-26T06:33:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T06:33:03","slug":"hubble-has-found-water-on-a-small-rocky-planet-beyond-our-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/hubble-has-found-water-on-a-small-rocky-planet-beyond-our-solar-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubble has found water on a small rocky planet beyond our Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astronomers take a further step in understanding how common the presence of water is on other planets in our Galaxy. <\/p>

By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 26 January 2024 at 06:29 AM<\/p>

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The Hubble Space Telescope has found water vapour in the atmosphere of a small rocky planet orbiting a star beyond our Solar System.<\/p>

Exoplanet<\/a> GJ 9827d is about twice as big as Earth, making it the smallest planet around another star where water water has been detected.<\/p>

While Hubble’s analysis of the exoplanet has not determined whether a small amount of water vapour exists in GJ 9827d’s atmosphere, or whether it’s mostly made of water, this is a further step in understanding how common the presence of water is on other planets in our Galaxy.<\/p>