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Astronomers Find the First Atmosphere on a Rocky Planet in the Habitable Zone

Harvard-led astronomers detected helium escaping from LHS 1140 b, 48 light-years away, marking the first time an atmosphere has been found on a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone.

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