the first chemical fingerprints, or spectra of exoplanet

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 173756.htm

Researchers have conducted a remote reconnaissance of a distant planetary system with a new telescope imaging system that sifts through the blinding light of stars. Using a suite of high-tech instrumentation and software called Project 1640, the scientists collected the first chemical fingerprints, or spectra, of this system's four red exoplanets, which orbit a star 128 light years away from Earth.

[bystander]

Project 1640 Conducts First Remote Reconnaissance of Another Solar System
America Museum of Natural History | 2013 Mar 10

Astronomers Observe Planets Around Another Star Like Never Before
California Institute of Technology | 2013 Mar 12

Reconnaissance of the HR 8799 Exosolar System I: Near IR Spectroscopy - B. R. Oppenheimer et al

• arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1303.2627 > 11 Mar 2013