... Tonight's Sky . ... Moon Maps . ... Spitzer maps climate patterns on a super-Earth . The map reveals extreme temperature swings from one side of the planet to the other, and hints that a possible reason for this is the presence of lava flows. ... Observations from NASA s Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the first temperature map of a super-Earth planet, a rocky planet nearly two times as big as ours. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...