News Release Archive: 2004
News Release 41 of 48
February 2, 2004 09:00 AM (EST)
News Release Number: STScI-2004-44
Oxygen and Carbon Found in Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet
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Image: Artist's Concept of Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b
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Artist's Concept
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This artist's impression shows a dramatic close-up of the scorched extrasolar planet HD 209458b in its orbit 'only' 7 million kilometres from its yellow Sun-like star.
Image Type: Artwork
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France)