Astronomers Use Spitzer To Map Extra-solar Planet
Credit: NASA/JPL/CALTECH/H. KNUTSON (HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CFA)
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) hope a technique they developed to generate the first map of an extrasolar planet can be applied to map Earth-like planets around distant stars, once the James Webb Space Telescope is operational. The planet known as HD 189733b is...
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