Spitzer Sees Light From Faraway Worlds

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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of molecules in their atmospheres. The landmark achievement is a significant step toward being able to detect possible life on rocky exoplanets and comes years before astronomers had anticipated.

Coooooooooooool!

Interesting article.....though if it did pick up life would the populance on Earth be told......

[edit on 21-2-2007 by ferretman2]