NASA lab brews up alien atmospheres here on Earth

Earth's pleasant, life-giving atmosphere is turning out to be somewhat of an oddity. With almost 4,000 planets so far discovered orbiting stars beyond our solar system, scientists are finding that atmospheres come in a wide range of recipes. To get a better understanding of that cosmic chemistry, a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has recreated one of these alien atmospheres in the lab.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Atmosphere
• Exoplanet
• JPL
• Jupiter
• NASA
• Planet
• Stars
• Ultraviolet

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