Among the 1,900 - and - counting confirmed
alien planets found so far, we've seen everything from bizarro, jumbo versions of Jupiter in scorchingly tight orbits to exoplanets dozens of times farther out than Neptune, and even
worlds circling two stars, like Tatooine in Star Wars.
«We determined the weather on these
alien worlds by measuring changes as the planets
circle their host stars, and identifying the day - night cycle,» said Lisa Esteves, a PhD candidate in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, and lead author of the study published today in The Astrophysical Journal.
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