Black Holes May Sterilize Exoplanets; Missing Matter Found; Darkest Exoplanet Found | SFN 215

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Published on 14th Oct, 2017

Get a free one month trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode, supermassive black holes found in the centers of most galaxies may sterilize any planets nearby greatly reducing the number of habitable worlds in the universe; astronomers have found the rest of the normal matter in the universe it couldn’t find before; and the Hubble Space Telescope finds a planet so dark, that it reflects less light than a freshly paved road. Links to this week's stories: Black Holes & Exoplanets: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ravenous-supermassive-black-holes-may-sterilize-nearby-planets/ Missing matter Found: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149742-half-the-universes-missing-matter-has-just-been-finally-found/amp/ Dark Exoplanet: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1714/ Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Google+ http://google.com/+DeepAstronomy http://google.com/+TonyDarnell We also have a great Google+ Community, come share your thoughts and join the discussion! https://plus.google.com/communities/109849939648748938781t