Researchers use NASA's Spitzer to characterize gas giants

HOT JUPITERS: Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to shed light on the atmospheric conditions of two "hot Jupiters" - distant gas giant planets that orbit closely around their parent stars. One team of scientists has used the infrared telescope to map temperature variations over the...

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