SPACE — There are lots of strange planets in the universe. One of them is TrES-2b, which is the darkest planet, darker than coal.
In 2011, the American Space Agency’s (NASA) Kepler telescope discovered a strange exoplanet located about 750 light years from Earth. The planet is in the constellation Draco and is named TrES-2b.
Reporting from Futurism, this hot exoplanet reflects less than 1 percent of the light from the star that hits it. This makes it much darker than coal and almost as dark as the darkest man-made substance on Earth produced by NASA. This special substance absorbs 99 percent of the light that hits it at optical, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths.
The planet TrES-2b orbits its parent star 30 times closer than the distance from Earth to the Sun. This close proximity heats the planet’s atmosphere to sweltering temperatures approaching 980 degrees Celsius.
Scientists aren’t sure what caused the planet to become so dark. However, they suspect that the chemical composition of the atmosphere contains some light-absorbing chemicals such as vaporized sodium, potassium, or titanium oxide.
However, the presence of these chemicals is not enough to explain the extreme darkness. TrES-2b does not have any reflective clouds in its atmosphere due to its extreme temperature and proximity to its parent star.
Astronomers believe that something on the planet is absorbing sunlight, rather than reflecting it as usual. What exactly this substance is is still a matter of debate and mystery.
Even though it was pitch black, this place was not devoid of color. Due to the temperature on the planet, the planet emits a bright red color. Similar to burning embers in a fireplace or electric stove.
2023-10-26 07:15:00
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