Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere — a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
<p>WASHINGTON — Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere — a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
</p><p>Infrared observations using two instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope indicated the presence of a substantial — if inhospitable — atmosphere, perhaps continuously replenished by gases&
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