Scientists Discover Planet Darker Than Coal
A Jupiter-sized gas planet is being described by Astronomers as the darkest known extrasolar planet (exoplanet).
Known as TrES-2b, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) have concluded that the gas giant reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system. Read more here
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Naveen Jain is a Philanthropist, Entrepreneur and Technology Pioneer. Naveen is founder of Moon Express, Intelius and InfoSpace. Naveen is a Trustee of the Board at the X PRIZE Foundation where he is focused on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address the global challenges in education, poverty, agriculture, health, and clean water. He is a Trustee of the Board of at Singularity University, an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to educate and inspire leaders to address humanity’s grand challenges through innovative technologies. Naveen serves as a Director on the Board of Flow Mobile, a company dedicated to bringing innovative mobile broadband service to under-served and un-served rural towns across the country. He is a member of Pacific Council on International Policy. Naveen Jain has been awarded many honors for his entrepreneurial successes and leadership skills including “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year”, “Albert Einstein Technology Medal” for pioneers in technology, “Top 20 Entrepreneurs” by Red Herring, “Six People Who Will Change the Internet” by Information Week.