Water Vapor Found on Neptune-size Alien Planet

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

A Neptune-sized planet beyond the solar system has telltale traces of water vapor in its atmosphere, making it the smallest known wet exoplanet yet, scientists say. The exoplanet HAT P-11b is about four times the size of Earth and about 124 light-years aw

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