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Odd Planet Has Extreme Hot Flashes

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WASHINGTON (Jan. 28) - Astronomers have found a planet with a galactic case of hot flashes. In just six hours, this planet four times the size of Jupiter heats up by more than 1,200 degrees, according to a study published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
2009-01-30 11:22:07

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Astronomers have found a planet with a galactic case of hot flashes. In just six hours, this planet four times the size of Jupiter heats up by more than 1,200 degrees, according to a study published in Thursday\'s issue of the journal Nature. It\'s the first observation of changing weather on a planet outside our solar system, said study author Gregory Laughlin, an astronomy professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He used NASA\'s Spitzer Space Telescope to study the planet.