An international team of astronomers, including Emily Rauscher of the University of Michigan, has generated the first 3D map of a planet orbiting another star. The map reveals an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones—one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor.
“Partially, this result is really cool because it’s a demonstration of a new technique,” said Rauscher, U-M associate professor of astronomy. “Scientifically, this result is also really cool because, for this particular planet, it gets incredibly hot.”
The team, co-led by Ryan Challener of Cornell University and Megan Weiner Mansfield of the University of Maryland, published its findings in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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