Some Of The Strangest Exoplanets In Space

Some Of The Strangest Exoplanets In Space

  23:20:00    kais

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The silica particles swept along by HD 189773b’s harsh winds may form glass, and could even be responsible for the planet’s azure color. TrES-2b, on the other hand, appears blacker than both coal and black acrylic paint.

 Scientists aren’t entirely sure why the planet reflects less than 1% of the light that hits it, but theorize that chemicals in its atmosphere might absorb the light.