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Scorching alien planet takes seasons to an extreme
Home News An artist's depiction of the planet XO-3b on an eccentric orbit around its star. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)) Scientists got a close look at an extreme case of seasons thanks to a retired NASA telescope.Researchers used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to film a year on an exoplanet called XO-3b. Conveniently, a year…
January 18, 2022