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How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?

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Publisher: MinutePhysics
How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven't visited? This video explains how to see air from 150 light years away. Thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project at the Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting... How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven't visited? This video explains how to see air from 150 light years away. Thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project at the Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video.
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2:15
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12th - Higher Ed
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Science
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MinutePhysics
Date
2016
Language
English
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planets, jupiter, light, light years, colors, fingerprints, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon, water, oxygen, methane, exoplanets
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atmosphere, gas molecules, match, learn, planet, scatter, exo planet, frequencies, thin, molecular fingerprints, study, moon, part, fingerprint, passes, physics, front, atmospheres, pass, amounts, space telescope, james webb, star, made, molecule
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