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We’ve found a rocky, temperate planet’s atmosphere for the first time
Astronomers have discovered an atmosphere around a rocky, temperate exoplanet for the first time. Previously, atmospheres were only detected on very large or extremely hot exoplanets, but this discovery involves a planet potentially suitable for life.
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