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Astronomers spot Earth-sized “rogue planet” in our galaxy, without a star – Yahoo News Australia
Polish researchers spotted a brief brightening of a star, caused, they believe, by a ‘rogue’ planet – one not bound by gravity to a star.
There might be billions of rogue planets hurtling through our galaxy on their own, orbiting no parent star, researchers have said.
Polish researchers spotted a brief brightening of a star, caused, they believe, by a Mars-sized planet wandering in front of another star.
The planet is thought to be a rogue, or not bound by gravity to a star, and slightly smaller than Earth.
Our galaxy could be full of such planets, according to the Ogle team from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of…
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