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Robert Lea

How much water lurks beneath an exoplanet's surface? New tool could help astronomers tell

This artist's illustration shows a water-rich world orbiting a binary star.

Astronomers hunting for water on alien planets have a new tool in their arsenal. 

This comes in the form of a water-hunting technique that uses an exoplanet's size to estimate how much of this vital ingredient for life as we know it dwells beneath its surface. 

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