AN IMPORTANT EVENT
On Nov27th, 2001.A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extra solar planet called Osiris by the Hubble space telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extra solar planet.

What are extra solar planets?
Extra solar or Exo solar planet is a planet that orbit a star other than the sun, mankind has been trying to prove their existence since the telescope was invented in 1610.

Why this research?

The ultimate goal of this search is to find a planet that would be capable of supporting life i.e.an earth-like planet that would be a suitable distance from the sun for it to support life.

An international team of astronomers uses the Hubble space telescope to discovered oxygen and carbon other than hydrogen. Does this finding means that the planet support life? Far from it, it is oxygen in a very harsh environment.

The planet, not certainly named Osiris, is a gas giant nearly the size of Jupiter. It is orbiting just 4.3 million miles from its star – one- eighth the distance between our sun and its nearest planet mercury, so it’s hot, an estimated 1832 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface
Osiris was discovered in 1999, (and it was named after an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead)
It was the first extra solar plant discovered to have an atmosphere hydrogen and a bit of sodium and it is now also the first to be found to have oxygen and carbon in its atmosphere, although the findings was not surprising because oxygen and carbon are known to be present in the atmosphere of nearby gas giants, such as Jupiter and Saturn


SOURCE - http://todaysnewsy..com/2014/12/discovery-of-hydrogen-atmosphere-on.html

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Amazing! I heard planet Kepler is also an exo planet. Is there possibility of life existing on these discovered planets?

kemiola89:
Amazing! I heard planet Kepler is also an exo planet. Is there possibility of life existing on these discovered planets?

life cannot exist in all the exo planet, it's oxygen in a harsh environment