Spitzer IR Observatory Detects A Pair of Extrasolar 'Hot Jupiters'

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have used the Spitzer Space Telescope to make the first direct measurements of light from extrasolar planets. The dips in these graphs represent the drop in infrared light levels when the planets...

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