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The Light and Dark Sides of a Distant Planet

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The top graph consists of infrared data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. It tells astronomers that a distant planet, called Upsilon Andromedae b, always has a giant hot spot on the side that faces the star, while the other side is cold and dark.

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spitzer space telescope jpl jet propulsion laboratory light dark dark sides distant planet high resolution planets astronomy universe nasa
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12/10/2006
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NASA
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https://images.nasa.gov/
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label_outline Explore Distant, Spitzer Space Telescope, Planets

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spitzer space telescope jpl jet propulsion laboratory light dark dark sides distant planet high resolution planets astronomy universe nasa