The findings published at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mention that the distant, Jupiter sized planet 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.
"TrES-2b is considerably less reflective than black acrylic paint, so it's truly an alien world," states astronomer David Kipping of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), lead author on the paper reporting the research.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Fear Of A (Really) Black Planet
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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