Rogue planet finder - nancy grace roman telescope

[Channel Hopper]

Following on from the chat about Gabrielle and those pesky aliens.

Space Could Be Filled With Hidden 'Rogue' Planets - And We May Soon Be Able to See Them

Hidden among the seeming endlessness of space, there could be countless worlds that never see the light of day. These mysterious bodies, called rogue planets, are not like other planets, although there could be multitudes of them.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[dig deep]

Following on from the chat about Gabrielle and those pesky aliens.

Space Could Be Filled With Hidden 'Rogue' Planets - And We May Soon Be Able to See Them

Hidden among the seeming endlessness of space, there could be countless worlds that never see the light of day. These mysterious bodies, called rogue planets, are not like other planets, although there could be multitudes of them.

www.sciencealert.com

Dark and chilly, just like Lapland during winter

 

[Channel Hopper]

What is interesting is that many of the rogue planets found to date have their own heating systems at work, many have atmospheres with weather systems.

Edinburgh astronomers make sunless planet discoveries

Clouds made of droplets of molten iron are detected on a sunless world 75 light years from Earth.

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Then there are the predicted numbers of them, some sources suggesting two of them for every star system in the galaxy.

'Orphan' Alien Planet Found Nearby Without Parent Star

Astronomers have discovered a potential "rogue" alien planet wandering alone just 100 light-years from Earth, suggesting that such starless worlds may be extremely common across the galaxy.

www.space.com

Unless they are lit up, these are going to be serious hazards for interstellar travel.