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Daily News… ASTRONOMERS FIND WATER VAPOUR IN ATMOSPHERE OF DISTANT PLANET Astronomers have detected water vapour and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of a planet 130 light years away from Earth. However, the planet, known only as HR8799c, is devoid of methane, a gas that can indicate life, the researchers said. Their analysis was performed using the most precise atmospheric measurements ever made of a planet outside our solar system. The levels of gases shed light on how the planet formed, from a cluster of ice crystals tens of millions of years ago. Since the 1990s, astronomers have detected more than 1,000 planets beyond our solar system. HR8799c is colossal: about seven times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. It circles a star with at least three other planets. To take their readings, scientists peered at the planet through a telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and used an instrument called Osiris to record incoming infrared light. At only 30m years old, the planet is young, extraordinarily hot, and easy to see in the infrared range. Through detailed analysis of the planet’s light, the team teased out chemical fingerprints of molecules in the atmosphere, which absorb different wavelengths of infrared. They found copious amounts of water vapour and carbon monoxide, but no traces of methane, according to a report in the US journal Science. The presence of methane can be a sign of life, as on Earth where it is a waste gas of many living organisms. The presence of water in the atmosphere does not make the planet a contender for life either, the scientists said. «Even though we see water, we don’t expect there to be any chance of life on this planet. There is no solid surface and it’s really hot,» said Quinn Konopacky at the University of Toronto. Surface temperatures on the planet are thought to exceed 1,000C.
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International News… NEW POPE SHUNS ‘VATICAN ONE’ LIMO Newly-elected Pope Francis shunned the special chauffeur-driven «Vatican One» limousine after being picked as pontiff. «Instead of the formal Vatican One car he preferred to take the minibus with the other cardinals,». The new pope then dined with the cardinals in a Vatican residence where he thanked them for electing him but then quipped: «God forgive you for what you’ve done!». The former Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio the first Latin American pontiff has a reputation as a humble pastor who has shunned many of the perks associated with high office in the Catholic Church.
BRITISH ACTOR FRY SPARS WITH ANTIGAY RUSSIAN LAWMAKER British actor Stephen Fry on Thursday clashed with the Russian politician behind a controversial law in the second city of Saint Petersburg that activists see as violating the rights of gays. Fry, who is openly gay, met city lawmaker Vitaly Milonov while filming a BBC documentary titled «Out There» about being gay around the world, he wrote on Twitter. Best known for playing valet Jeeves in the British comedy series «Jeeves and Wooster,» Fry is hugely popular in Russia and his meeting with Milonov prompted a heated discussion.