Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Wasp-12b /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Wasp-12b/rss en NASA's Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet /channels/channels/news/nasas-hubble-captures-blistering-pitch-black-planet-270306 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather than reflecting it back into space. This light-eating prowess is due to the planet's unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible starlight falling into its atmosphere.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/wasp-12b_illustration_9-6-17.png?itok=nGXP3iyO" width="160" height="128" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:19:18 +0000 webfull 131094 at /channels