MAKE THE 5 MOST AWESOME WORLDS IN THE SPACE

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The sky is full of countless stars that the planets will revolve around. So far, scientists have confirmed that there are more than 3,500 planets, and the number is still growing. Some of the planets that have been discovered show amazing things. Planet Tres-2b is in the constellation Dragon, 750 light years from Earth. It was discovered on August 21, 2006, with the Keck telescope confirming its existence. Tres-2b is likely to be of the gas giant type and has a mass of 1.2 Jupiters. Earth’s orbital period is 2.5 days. Tres-2b is only five million kilometers from its star, so its surface temperature is around 1000 degrees Celsius. Earth surprises scientists because it reflects less than 1% of the light that reaches it. Because of this, its surface is almost completely dark except for some changes. Tres-2b is called the darkest planet in the universe.

Interestingly, to this day, the exact cause of such darkness is not known. One theory is that the cause of the dark color of the earth is due to the presence of a special mixture of gases or chemicals such as sodium or potassium evaporated in the atmosphere. Another explanation suggests that the planet does not have the clouds that give light to, say, Jupiter. Due to Tres-2b’s extreme heat, the planet has a red glow. According to astronomer David Kipping, the dark color of the planet remains a mystery to this day. Another rare planet is J1407b, the so-called Super Saturn. Discovered in 2012, the planet is 434 light years from Earth. The giant planet is 40 times larger than Jupiter, but its unusual rings have led scientists to call it Saturn on steroids. Earth has 37 rings 200 times larger than the rings of Saturn. The diameter of the entire ring system is almost 120 million kilometers, and it is probably larger than that of the entire Earth.

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The ring system of the planet J1407b is so large that if you were to replace Saturn in our sky with this planet, the ring would take up more space in the night sky than the full moon. According to estimates, one year on this planet is about 10 years on Earth. There is a visible gap between the rings, which means that the planet may have many moons. According to astronomy professor Eric Mamajek, this may be the first evidence of moons orbiting planets outside our solar system. Another strange planet is WASP-12b. Discovered on April 1, 2008, this planet is 870 years from Earth. WASP-12b has a mass of 1.4 Jupiters and orbits its star at a distance of only 3.4 million kilometers, which is 44 times less than the Earth-Sun distance. Such a very short distance between the planet and the star causes a number of anomalies. A year on this planet lasts only 26 hours. The temperature on Earth’s surface reaches 2,250 degrees Celsius, making it one of the hottest planets.

WASP-12b orbits so close to its star that it distorts and destroys it. Studies using the Cosmic Origins spectrograph and the Hubble telescope have shown that in the WASP-12 system there is an exchange of material between planets and stars. The effect of this system is that its stars are holding the atmosphere of the Earth. The star will completely engulf the planet WASP-12b in about 10 million years. A recent study from September 2017 showed that the planet absorbs 94% of light, making it appear black. Another rare planet is PH1b, also known as Kepler-64b. Discovered in 2012, the planet is 5,000 light years from Earth. PH1b is likely a gas giant with an orbital period of 138 days. Earth orbits the binary star Kepler-64, which is gravitationally bound to the second binary system, 1000 AU away. Thus, it is the first planet confirmed to be in a four-star system. According to scientists, the surface temperature of Ph1b is more than 200 degrees Celsius, which is too hot for life like Earth to appear. Thinkers who live on this planet will see something amazing in the sky, watching up to four stars.