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A Summer of One Day, a Winter of Two Days: the Exoplanet with the Seasons "Cent Times Stronger" than Ours (and It Hides a Burning Secret)

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A team of astronomers recently relied on the Spitzer Space Telescope to study an exoplanet called XO-3b. In a year on this world, which lasts only three terrestrial days, the planet experiences a summer of one day and a winter of two days. And the difference between the two seasons is clearly felt. [...]
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A team of astronomers recently relied on the Spitzer Space Telescope to study an exoplanet called XO-3b. In a year on this world, which lasts only three terrestrial days, the planet experiences a summer of one day and a winter of two days. And the difference between the two seasons is clearly felt. [...]

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SciencePost broke the news in on Monday, March 30, 2026.
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