Jupiter-Sized Alien Planet Is Darkest Ever (Barely) Seen 207
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."
Re:All the evidence suggests is (Score:3, Funny)
That's no moon.
I find your lack of originality disturbing.
Re:How dark? (Score:5, Funny)
It is pitch black. Probably the home world of the grues.
Re:All the evidence suggests is (Score:5, Funny)
I see a Death star
And I want it painted black....
Re:artificial (Score:5, Funny)
But in that case it would encapsulate the star - not circle it.
Yeah, that's what the engineers told the management, too. But the management didn't believe it. So they built it around the planet instead.
Re:All the evidence suggests is (Score:4, Funny)
I see a Death star
And I want it painted black....
Palpatine: absolutely not!
Anakin: That's SO not fair!!! You're NOT my father!!!
(Or do rebellious teenage super villains demand to paint their bedroom magnolia?)