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A Keele astrophysicist has helped NASA to discover a new 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 Kepler telescope to show that it is ‘ darker than charcoal ’.
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