Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Kepler Space Telescope have discovered clear skies and steamy water vapour on a planet outside our Solar System. The planet, known as HAT-P-11b, is about the size of Neptune, making it the smallest exoplanet ever on which water vapour has been detected. The results will appear in the online version of the journal Nature on 24 September 2014.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1420/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
24 September 2014
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