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News Release 39 of 44
January 31, 2007 01:00 PM (EST)
News Release Number: STScI-2007-07
Hubble Probes Layer-cake Structure of Alien World's Atmosphere
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Image: Hubble Measures Atmospheric Structure of Extrasolar Planet Hd 209458b (Non-Annotated)
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This artist's illustration shows the layer-cake structure of the atmopshere of extrasolar planet HD 209458b. Hubble discovered a dense upper layer of hot hydrogen gas where the super-hot planet's atmosphere is bleeding off into space.
Object Name: HD 209458b
Image Type: Illustration/Artwork
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
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