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> An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets — planets that float in space without orbiting a sun — than there are stars in the Milky
by awb 6y ago
> An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets — planets that float in space without orbiting a sun — than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes.
I don't think we've detected a single rogue planet, so this theory would seem novel to me.
- TheGallopedHigh 6y agoIt’s difficult because they generally do not radiate EM waves or specifically visible light.
- ericbarrett 6y agoThere's at least one candidate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFBDSIR_2149%E2%88%920403 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFBDSIR_2149%E2%88%920403 (edit) Linked from the same article, a confirmed rogue planet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSO_J318.5%E2%88%9222 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSO_J318.5%E2%88%9222