NASA images pitch-black planet that 'eats' light
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet 1,400 light-years away that looks "as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather than reflecting it back into space". Discovered in 2008, WASP-12b is stretched into an egg shape due to proximity to its host star, which also causes its star-facing side to reach a surface temperature of 2,600 ÂºC.