Keele Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 2021 | Page 13

Ground-breaking Discoveries | 13
Researchers from Keele University have discovered a
planet that absorbs 99% of light, making it one of the
darkest planets ever found.
The planet, named WASP-104b, was discovered by a team from
Keele’s Astrophysics Group, who used NASA’s Kelper telescope
to show that it is ‘darker than charcoal’.
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