Hubble Maps the Temperature and Water Vapor on an Exoplanet
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
A team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope has made the most detailed map yet of the temperature of an exoplanet's atmosphere and traced the amount of water it contains. The planet targeted for both of the investigations was the hot-Jupiter exoplanet WASP-43b.