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Podcast/Video Advisory February 21, 2007
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Cracking Open the Light from Distant Worlds
NASA astronomers have, for the first time ever, split apart the light from exoplanets, which are planets beyond our solar system, to hunt for molecules in the planets' atmospheres. The landmark achievement is a significant step toward being able to detect possible life on rocky exoplanets and comes years before astronomers had anticipated.
Multimedia products online include: Audio podcast at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcast/spitzer-20070221/ . Web video at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/spitzer/spitzer20070221/ .
The materials are also available by going directly to JPL's Multimedia page at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ .
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