The Strange Attraction of Hot Jupiters

Source - NASA Science News for August 17, 2013

An exotic class of exoplanets called "hot Jupiters" are even weirder than astronomers imagined. While these worlds may have Earth-like blue skies, new data show that they are anything but Earth-like.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/17aug_hotjupiters/

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Big Weather on Hot Jupiters

Source - NASA Science News for May 24, 2013

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are making weather maps of an exotic class of exoplanets called "hot Jupiters."

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/24may_hotjupiters/

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