3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate
Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its other hemisphere tidally locked in perpetual darkness. And at about the same time, a different group discovered a rare small, cold exoplanet with a massive outer companion 100 times the mass of Jupiter.
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
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