Astronomers Map the Hot Weather on a Distant Planet

How’s the weather? Hot enough for you? Well, if you’re living on extrasolar planet HD 189733b, you’d really want to be anywhere else. That’s because the high noon temperatures reach 926 degrees C (1700 degrees F). How do we know what the weather’s like on this distant planet? Just thank Spitzer. Astronomers working with NASA’s … Continue reading Astronomers Map the Hot Weather on a Distant Planet