Rogue planets
A Rogue Earth-Mass Planet Has Been Discovered Freely Floating in the Milky Way Without a Star
If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early. Whether they want to or not. Once…
Planetary Mass Objects Discovered in Other Galaxies
A team of researchers at the University of Oklahoma have discovered "planetary mass bodies" outside of the Milky Way. They…
Is it a Massive Planet or a Tiny Brown Dwarf. This Object is Right at the Border Between Planet and Star
In a new study, a team from Caltech recently used the Very Large Array to confirm that a rogue planet…
Rogue Planets Could Form On Their Own in Interstellar Space
Free-floating rogue planets are intriguing objects. These planet-sized bodies adrift in interstellar space were predicted to exist in 1998, and…
New Rogue Planet Found, Closest to our Solar System
This artist’s impression shows the free-floating planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/P. Delorme/Nick Risinger/R. Saito/VVV Consortium Rogue planets – also…
Worlds Without Suns: Nomad Planets Could Number In The Quadrillions
[/caption] The concept of nomad planets has been featured before here on Universe Today, and for good reason. Not only…
Rogue Planets Could Drive By And Scoop Up Life
[/caption] Free-floating "rogue" planets may occasionally dip into the inner Solar System, picking up dust containing organic compounds -- a.k.a.…
Rogue Planets Can Find Homes Around Other Stars
[/caption] As crazy as it sounds, free-floating rogue planets have been predicted to exist for quite some time and just…