Thursday 24 February 2022

A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time

A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time

MIT astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of an exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its star. The planet is WASP-121b, a massive gas giant nearly twice the size of Jupiter.

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