This pitch-black ‘hot Jupiter’ orbits an alien star and is darker than asphalt

September 15, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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A planet orbiting a star 1,400 light-years from Earth is darker than asphalt. 

New data from the Hubble Space Telescope shows that WASP-12b, which has a radius twice as large as Jupiter's, is an incredibly hot planet with a very low albedo—meaning that it's...

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