INTRODUCTION

The deep space network - status

THERE ARE SO MANY WATER-WORLDS OUT THERE

Artist's concept of Earth-like exoplanets, which (according to new research) could boast plenty of water.
 Credit: NASA

Artist’s depiction of a waterworld. A new study suggests that planets that are many times 
the mass and radius of Earth could be water worlds. 
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)

Artist’s impression of a hypothetical ocean planet with two natural satellites.
 Credit: Wikipedia Commons/Lucianomendez

Artist’s impression of an “eyeball” planet, a water world where the sun-facing side 
is able to maintain a liquid-water ocean.
 Credit and Copyright: eburacum45/ DeviantArt

Astronomers Detect Water in the Atmosphere of a Planet 179 Light-Years Away

Thank You Keck Observatory

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The HR 8799 system contains the first exoplanet be directly imaged. Image Credit: NRC-HIA/C. MAROIS/W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY

An artist’s illustration of the exoplanet HR 8799c. It’s about 7 times as massive as Jupiter and scientists have confirmed the presence of water in its atmosphere. Image Credit: W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY/ADAM MAKARENKO/C. ALVAREZ

The Keck Observatory consists of 2 telescopes, Keck 1 and Keck 2, at Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Image Credit: Keck Observatory/Joey Stein.

Articles

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DETECTING WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF HR 8799 c WITH L-BAND HIGH DISPERSION SPECTROSCOPY AIDED BY ADAPTIVE OPTICS (PDF)