Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet so incredibly black that it speaks fluent Ebonics reflects less than 1% of the sunlight falling on it. For some reference, our Moon reflects around 11%.
“It’s just ridiculous how dark this planet is, how alien it is compared to anything we have in our solar system,” study lead-author David Kipping, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, told SPACE.com. “It’s darker than the blackest lump of coal, than dark acrylic paint you might paint with. It’s bizarre how this huge planet became so absorbent of all the light that hits it.“
In the scientific community, the newly discovered planet is known as TrES-2b. Me, I prefer a simpler, more descriptive name: Satan’s butthole.
Remember Ron Swanson‘s famous line, “What’s it like to stare into the eye of Satan’s butthole?” Well, now you know the answer.
via news.yahoo
