TrES-2b - Universe's Darkest Exoplanet Discovered
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers writing in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society say they have discovered the darkest known exoplanet, a Jupiter-sized gas giant called TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system.read more