很难想象一个行星比煤炭还要黑，但是宇航员们的确声称，他们通过NASA的开普勒太空望远镜在我们所处的银河系发现了这样一颗行星。
It may be hard to imagine a planet blacker than coal, but that's what astronomers say they've discovered in our home galaxy with NASA's Kepler space telescope.
这颗被命名为TrES-2b的行星， 甚至比煤炭还黑，比任何其他我们已经发现的行星以及卫星都要黑。
TrES-2b is so black that it’s darker than coal, or any other planet or moon that we’ve yet discovered.
首席研究员戴维-基平说：“比煤炭或者是最黑的丙烯酸颜料反射性还小——这让它成为迄今为止发现的最暗的行星。”
"Being less reflective than coal or even the blackest acrylic paint-this makes it by far the darkest planet ever discovered," lead study author David Kipping said.
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