Very dark planet found
"An alien world blacker than coal, the darkest planet known, has been discovered in the galaxy.
The world in question is a giant the size of Jupiter known as TrES-2b. NASA's Kepler spacecraft detected it lurking around the yellow sun-like star GSC 03549-02811 some 750 light years away in the direction of the constellation Draco.
The researchers found this gas giant reflects less than 1 percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it darker than any planet or moon seen up to now."
http://news.yahoo.com/coal-black-alien-planet-darkest-ever-seen-220601419.html
August 12, 2011
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The comments are more interesting than the article.
[quote=Wind0ws]dum scientists think they know everything
they dont know anything
they cant predict the future
they dont know what th e universe is really like[/quote]
And if you look to your left folks, you will see a christian.
Ohhh let's strip mine
You realize its not the darkest planet thats most important part of it. Its also the 2nd largest next to WASP-b17
[quote=Uiluj]i think they made a movie about it. apparently there are blue aliens living there.
go figure.[/quote]
smurfs?
awesomeee
They're calling it a Gas Giant yet they have no idea what is making it so black...Maybe it has a solid ground under the layer of gas
Thats my mother planet.
[quote=DualBlades]I wish we woudl colonize and spread across the universe
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Colonize on a 1,800F planet.
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