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Some planets are darker than coal.
TrES-2b reflects less than 1% of the light that hits it, making it darker than any known planet or moon. This 'dark Jupiter' is so black because its atmosphere contains light-absorbing chemicals and is too hot for reflective clouds to form.
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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.
K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...
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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.
Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...
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There’s a planet that orbits its star every 18 hours.
WASP-19b orbits so close to its star that a year on this planet lasts just 18 hours. This...