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In space, found the dark planet

В космосе нашли самую темную планетуA celestial body is practically reflects sunlight.

Researchers at McGill University and Exeter University have discovered unusual properties of the exoplanet WASP-12b, which, as it turned out, almost did not reflect the sunlight. Article on this subject was published in the scientific journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Planet, according to astronomers, is the darkest in the galaxy and represents only 0,6% of the light its star.

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“This level of albedo is extremely low for any heavenly body, and he says that this planet is blacker than new asphalt,” – said the scientist from McGill University in Montreal Taylor bell.

According to experts, the planet located 1,400 light years from Earth. In this case, its dimensions are two times the size of Jupiter, and surface temperature to reach 2600 degrees Celsius.

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