NASA's next great observatory could spot oceans on distant worlds

We've found more than 5,500 exoplanets so far.

The short version

• Dozens of them are in the habitable zones of their parent stars, where, at least in theory, they could host an ocean.
• But we've never definitively found a liquid ocean on another planet.
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Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: We've found more than 5,500 exoplanets so far. On Earth, it's a common sight at beaches when sunlight hits the water at a low angle and the horizon lights up with a brilliant flash of gold.

Why it matters

But that same feature can happen on other surfaces—famously, gold has a "glint" when seen from the right angle.

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