Thanks to new research published in Nature Astronomy this week, we now know that astronomers have discovered a group of up to 170 rogue planets free floating through space. Rogue planets, or rogue worlds, are essentially planets that don’t orbit a star. Rogue planets aimlessly wander through spaceImage source: Denis Rozhnovsky/AdobeResearchers haven’t confirmed that all 170 discoveries are planets. However, they say that there could be billions of rogue planets floating throughout the Milky Way. According to a news release, rogue planets are some of the most elusive cosmic objects we have found in space.

Source: The Star December 25, 2021 03:10 UTC