A team of Astronomers have claimed that they have discovered the presence of water vapour and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere in a distant planet.

The team was made the discovery on the planet, known only as HR8799c, which is 130 light years away from Earth. The researchers said that the planet does not contain methane, gas that generally indicates the presence of life. They conducted the most precise atmospheric measurements made of a distant planet and confirmed the discovery.

They said that the levels of gases on that planet indicate that it was formed millions of years ago from a cluster of ice. HR8799c is seven times the mass of Jupiter, which is the largest planet in the solar system. They also found that the planet circles a star with at-least three other planets in its orbiting system.

The team analysed the planet through a telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and used an instrument called Osiris to record the infrared light. The 30-million years young planet is extraordinarily hot and easily spotted in the infrared range.

"Even though we see water, we don't expect there to be any chance of life on this planet. There is no solid surface and it's really hot," said Quinn Konopacky at the University of Toronto.

The study was published in the US journal Science.