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Jupiter-Sized Alien Planet Is Darkest Ever (Barely) Seen

Posted by timothy on from the none-more-black dept.

thebchuckster writes "The darkest alien world ever spotted by astronomers has been discovered in the outskirts of our galaxy. '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,' David Kipping, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics."

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  1. don't look by tqft · · Score: 0, Troll

    it's goatse

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  2. Re:Kardashev by Muad'Dave · · Score: 1, Troll

    Isn't this exactly what you would expect to see from a planet with a Kardashev level 1 civilisation?

    I'd expect to see needy drama queens on a planet with a Kardashian level 1 civilization.

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