Darkest Exoplanet Is Blacker Than Coal

The darkest planet outside our solar system—an exoplanet—has been discovered about 750 light-years away towards the constellation of Draco.
Darkest Exoplanet Is Blacker Than Coal
Two white dwarfs have been discovered on the brink of a merger. In just 900,000 years, material will start to stream from one star to the other (as shown in this artist's conception), beginning the process that may end with a spectacular supernova explosion. David A. Aguilar/CfA
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Artist's conception of the distant exoplanet TrES-2b which is darker than the blackest coal. Astronomers aren't sure what vapors in the planet's superheated atmosphere cloak it so effectively. (David A. Aguilar/CfA)
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