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. Their observations, combined with measurements of the planet’s permanent day side, provide the first detailed view of an exoplanet’s global atmosphere.


Click here for original story, A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time


Source: Phys.org