Huge alien planet has mysterious hot spot

[![Artist’s impression of the tidally locked alien planet Upsilon Andromedae b, which has a strange warm spot on its side, away from the fierce glare of its parent star.][1]][2]A huge alien planet has a strange hot spot on its side, and astronomers aren’t sure what to make of it.

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