RocketSTEM Issue #6 - March 2014 | Page 73

Alien Globe: This image shows the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, or a planet beyond our solar system. The map, which shows temperature variations across the cloudy tops of a gas giant called HD 189733b, is made up of infrared data taken the Spitzer. Hotter temperatures are represented in brighter colors. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA 71 www.RocketSTEM.org 71