Darkest known exoplanet: Alien world is blacker than coal

[Archean]

Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet -- a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as 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.

 

[AcornFox]

Well hey, that is cool. What's the composition?

 

[Archean]

"its exotic atmosphere contains light-absorbing chemicals like vaporized sodium and potassium, or gaseous titanium oxide." Plus the stuff they don't know yet.

 

[Route44]

Arch, do they say what type of sun it revolves around?

 

[Igneus the Bold]

Arch, do they say what type of sun it revolves around?

The image originally posted is also a link, fellas.

TrES-2b orbits its star at a distance of only five million kilometres. The star's intense light heats TrES-2b to a temperature of more than 1000 degrees Celsius -- much too hot for ammonia clouds.

TrES-2b orbits the star GSC 03549-02811, which is located about 750 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Draco. (One light-year is about 10 million million kilometres.)

Boy, do I love astronomy. Thanks for the post, Archean.

 

[Archean]

Okay I see a pattern here, so, guys usually I link the article through the picture (if it is present in the 1st post of the thread).

 

[Route44]

Okay I see a pattern here, so, guys usually I link the article through the picture (if it is present in the 1st post of the thread).

OH! I though that was your art work Arch.

 

[Archean]

It seems like a good design for footballs at the next world cup, we can name it umm, 'Dark and Deadly'

 

[Igneus the Bold]

I wonder if any Xenomorphs live there. And yes, I mean to capitalize that "X". This planet is probably too hot for anything we've conceived of, but it is nice to imagine.