Astronomers have produced the first map of a planet outside the solar system. The resolution is admittedly low — all we know is that there’s a “hot spot” offset from the planetary noon by some thirty degrees — but what do you expect from a planet orbiting a star 63 light years away? Via Catholicgauze.
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