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September 12, 2010 ·
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Alien oceans could be detected by telescopes
By T.K. RandallSeptember 12, 2010 ·
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Image Credit: ESO
Scientists are hopeful that a space telescope to be launched in 2014 will be able to see oceans on other planets.
Considered to be the holy grail of exoplanets due to the possibility of life on such a world the telescope could potentially spot a planet around a distant star with an ocean by looking for the 'glint' of the light reflecting from its surface.The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets outside our Solar System. Detecting water on Earth-like planets offers the tantalising prospect they could sustain life. Scientists hope the reflection of light, or "glint", from mirror-like ocean surfaces could be picked up by a US space telescope set for launch in 2014.
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