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Rogue planets are wandering everywhere, and some might even be like ours

Elizabeth Rayne

Jul 11, 2021

Rogue Planets Roman Space Telescope

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Dark matter might heat exoplanets enough to make them glow

Phil Plait

May 17, 2021

Artist drawing of a solitary brown dwarf in space, glowing feebly in visible light. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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How our galaxy will kill our solar system in a trillion years, planet by planet

Phil Plait

Nov 24, 2020

Artwork depicting a rogue planet, ejected from its solar system, wandering the galaxy. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

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An aurora glows over a (possible) rogue planet

Phil Plait

Nov 27, 2018

Artwork depicting a solitary brown dwarf with an aurora. Credit: Chuck Carter, Caltech, NRAO/AUI/NSF

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Astronomers may have found rogue planets… in another galaxy

Phil Plait

Feb 5, 2018

The quasar RX J1131-1231 appears as a series of bright dots on a ring around the fuzzy elliptical galaxy in the center due to gravitational lensing. This is a Hubble image (red, green, and blue) combined with Chandra which sees X-rays (displayed as pink).

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Putting the spin on a rogue planet

Phil Plait

Jan 15, 2018

Artist’s conception of the free-floating planet PSO J318. Credit: MPIA/V. Ch. Quetz

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CFBDSIR 2149-0403: A mystery lurks 1800 trillion kilometers from Earth

Phil Plait

Mar 21, 2017

Rogue planet artwork

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