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Wild Weather on a Star-Skimming Planet Thursday, January 29, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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What would happen if, for a single day, the sun's light and heat were amplified a thousand times? While this sounds like the setup for a classic tale of science fiction, astronomers know of one planet that experiences just such a climate extreme. Now, thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have measured how this planet's atmosphere responds to a super-summer day. The planet in question orbits a sun-like star catalogued as HD 80606. (source: nasa.gov)
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