Blackest Planet Ever Found, Absorbs Nearly 100% of Light That Reaches It
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[QUOTE]Kepler has found the darkest known planet in universe--a Jupiter-sized exoplanet some 750 light-years away that is so black that it reflects just one percent of the light that reaches it. TrES-2b is so black that it’s darker than coal, or any other planet or moon that we’ve yet discovered. It’s less reflective than black acrylic paint. To summarize: it’s really, really black.
But TrES-2b is not completely black. It emits an extremely faint red glow, like that of a hot ember. And it turns out that heat is the main culprit behind this darkest of dark planets. TrES-2b orbits its star at a distance of just 3 million miles (by comparison, we’re about 93 million miles from our sun), which leads to surface temperatures on TrES-2b of more than 1,800 degrees.
That’s too hot for the formation of ammonia clouds that would reflect some of that incoming radiation as they do on Jupiter. Rather, TrES-2b’s atmosphere is made up of things like vaporized sodium, potassium, and titanium oxide--things that actually compound the problem by absorbing heat. But even these don’t fully explain the planet’s extreme blackness, which is still puzzling astronomers. There's some kind of strange chemistry going on out there that even Kepler can't see.
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Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/darkest-known-planet-universe-absorbs-nearly-100-light-reaches-it[/url]
It reminds me of my room. :v:
But jokes aside, that's actually interesting. Never heard of this before.
Woah, I love space. There's always something new to learn about.
That's fucking metal.
Cool Planet, Shit name
Should call it something awesome sounding
Must, resist, racism.
It's 100% BLACK
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyvvUas6G0[/media]
I really want to be alive for space travel.
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[QUOTE=-n3o-;31689673]I really want to be alive for space travel.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Hamm0;31689689]Thread music
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I'd prefer this
[video=youtube;9Egt1Hq4wpE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Egt1Hq4wpE[/video]
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Pfft, like I'm gonna let that stop me.
If there IS a physical way (that's reasonable) to achieve 'FTL' travel then I'm gonna fucking work it out in my life time. Wormholes and shit are out of the question at current because of how infeasible they are.
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because the galaxy has already been mapped out by astronomers with telescopes larger than their ego.
[QUOTE=The BoxDog;31689814]because the galaxy has already been mapped out by astronomers with telescopes larger than their ego.[/QUOTE]
Looking at a map isn't the same as walking through it.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;31689697][img]http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web03/2010/9/13/7/you-were-born-too-soon-15269-1284379014-8.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]And too late to explore Earth.
Blackest planet, you say?
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[QUOTE=Stren;31689833]And too late to explore Earth.[/QUOTE]
:suicide:
can't wait for TH89 to come
[QUOTE=Stren;31689833]And too late to explore Earth.[/QUOTE]
WRONG.
Columbus was wrong. We don't even know what most of the surface of the ocean looks like.
Go be an oceanographer if not exploring bothers you so much
Let's name it Wesley Snipes
too bad this planet would not be acceptable for us to live on
would be badass
[QUOTE=Stren;31689833]And too late to explore Earth.[/QUOTE]
Under the ocean
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[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;31689903]WRONG.
Columbus was wrong. We don't even know what most of the surface of the ocean looks like.
Go be an oceanographer if not exploring bothers you so much[/QUOTE]
Ughrhrrhg
dang yo that planet b gangsta as fuk all u blak planet haters beta back da fuk off
[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;31689496]That's fucking metal.[/QUOTE]
Let's name the planet Blashyrkh
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31690014]Let's name the planet Blashyrkh[/QUOTE]
Naw, even if Yuggoth is supposed to be Pluto I think this new black planet is more fitting for lovecraftian horrors.
Must've been difficult to find.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31690014]Let's name the planet Blashyrkh[/QUOTE]
Hell yes.
And fuck the Wacken Open Air Metal festival
Let's start The Blashrykh Open Space Metal Festival.
That's no planet...
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MAKE IT HAPPEN
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ninja:(
And it shall be named...Wesley Snipes
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