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At least 70 free-floating planets found in the Milky Way
- echelon 5y agoComets, asteroids, rogue black holes. Now one more thing to be ever so slightly existentially worried about. Granted, the density of free planets is probably appreciably low. It'll be great to measure these. Lots of information on planet and solar system evolution, better Fermi estimates, etc.
- dang 5y agoAstronomers uncover largest group of rogue planets yet - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29749459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29749459 - Dec 2021 (24 comments)
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