Two Exoplanets May Be Water Worlds
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Using data from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a star 218 light-years away are “water worlds,” where water makes up a large fraction of the entire planet.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Image Credit:
Water World next to Earth
Benoit Gougeon, Université de Montréal
Music & Sound
“Space Museum” by Harry Gregson Williams [BMI] and Ho Ling Tang [BMI] via Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS] and Universal Production Music
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, please credit individual items as indicated above.
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Producer
- Paul Morris (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Narrator
- Cassanndra Morris (None)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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