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 On an extrasolar planet that is four times the size of Earth, found water vapor

Scientists have found water vapor in the atmosphere of unusual planet from Earth at 124 light-years. The new planet HAT-P-11b about the size of Neptune or about 4 times the size of Earth, writes Bigmir.net.

First signs of exoplanets have been identified as early as January 2009, when it “chemtrails” was discovered in the constellation Cygnus. Then the planet was discovered by the so-called transitive when the exoplanet is investigated using the method of absorption of light as it passes by the parent star.

Information on the celestial body HAT-P-11b were obtained by orbiting observatories, Kepler, Hubble and Spitzer. Scientists have discovered a planet clumps of water vapor, which allowed them to draw conclusions about the possible existence of life on it.

HAT-P-11b was discovered by researchers Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics with telescopes HATNet in 2009. Its radius is five earth. The planet orbits the star HAT-P-11, located 120 light years from Earth. Now it is only confirmed planet in this star, whose age, according to scientists, is about 6.5 billion years old.

According to the head of scientific management NASA John Grunsfelda, the information that was obtained by three powerful observatories are of great value in the search for life on other planets. According to him, “these data will reveal not only the origin and structure of this celestial body, but also to get important new data on other exoplanets”.

NASA experts say that the transparent atmosphere of HAT-P-11b is much easier Further research scientists.

In early 2014, American astronomers working with the space telescope Kepler, confirmed the discovery of 715 new planets outside our solar system. In total, they recorded about 3.6 thousand. Cases that indicate the possible presence of exoplanets.

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