Light from the Darkest Planet
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 15 Story 3 - 9/11/2011

Little escape for light

Artistic conception of TrES-2, a Jupiter-sized gas giant that reflects less than one percent of the incident light and is, therefore, darker than acrylic paint or coal. Picture credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA).
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Little escape for light. Artistic conception of TrES-2, a Jupiter-sized gas giant that reflects less than one percent of the incident light and is, therefore, darker than acrylic paint or coal.