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Scientists Discern Glow of Alien Planets for the First Time
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Astronomers said today that they had seen the glow of alien planets for the
first time.
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope and careful timing, two different teams
studying two different planets were able to distinguish the planets' infrared
radiation - or heat glow - from the overwhelming glare of their parent stars.
Both planets are so-called hot Jupiters, massive planets circling their stars
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