Hundreds of light-years from Earth, a gas giant passes before its star and almost disappears in the glow around it. Its appearance would be so dark that the contours could hardly be distinguished, although the atmosphere reaches temperatures capable of producing a luminosity of its own and disturbing. As astronomers realized there was something unusual in this... The post Scientists find a planet so dark that reflects less light than coal and se…
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Hundreds of light-years from Earth, a gas giant passes before its star and almost disappears in the glow around it. Its appearance would be so dark that the contours could hardly be distinguished, although the atmosphere reaches temperatures capable of producing a luminosity of its own and disturbing. As astronomers realized there was something unusual in this... The post Scientists find a planet so dark that reflects less light than coal and se…