

Gold draconium was mined from the soil and was contained and concentrated in the very bones of the dragons. Together they built an almost "Atlantean" world that was magically powered by a life-force amplifying metal known as Gold Draconium. Draco has also been identified in early Christianity as the serpent that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden.Īdditional reporting by Elizabeth Howell, Contributor.Nearly ten thousand years ago, powerful and intelligent reptiles, called dragons, lived side by side with humans. In another account, the Athenian goddess Minerva took Draco by the tail and put it into the sky during the battle for Mount Olympus. One version is that Cadmus slayed the dragon Draco in his quest to find his sister, Europa, who had been taken to Crete by Zeus. The name Draco has been linked to several dragons in Greek mythology. The star only reflects about 1 percent of the light that falls on it, and was classified the darkest planet yet found at the time of its discovery.

This is because the rocky world has a mass that is 17 times that of Earth, making it likely to be more of a "mini-Neptune" than a "super-Earth," with a thick gaseous envelope. Kepler-10c, which has the same parent star, was nicknamed "the Godzilla of Earths" after it was announced in 2014.

Kepler-10b (around the star Kepler-10), which was the smallest rocky Earth-sized planet detected outside of the solar system when it was announced in 2011.The constellation encompasses several faint galaxies, including the Draco Dwarf Galaxy, one of the least luminous galaxies with a diameter of about 3,500 light years.Ī handful of exoplanets have been found in Draco so far, such as: The Cat's Eye Nebula is also contained within the constellation. Draco consists of several double stars, including Eta Draconis and 20 Draconis.
