Hindustan Times, Washington: Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet in the galaxy that is blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system. Known as TrES-2b, the distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it. Scientists used NASA’s Kepler spacecraft to make the observations. “TrES-2b is considerably less reflective than black acrylic paint, so it’s truly an alien world,” said lead researcher David Kipping of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). TrES-2b, discovered in 2006 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, or TrES, lacks reflective clouds due to its high temperature. Read Full : Darkest known planet discovered - Hindustan Times
