Thursday, May 19, 2011

Free-Floating Planets

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18may_orphanplanets/

"Free-Floating Planets May Be More Common Than Stars

"May 18, 2011: Astronomers have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these lone worlds are probably outcasts from developing planetary systems and, moreover, they could be twice as numerous as the stars themselves...."

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