Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Free-Floating Planets May Be More Common Than Stars

Source - NASA Science News for May 16, 2011

Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets floating alone in the dark of space. These lone worlds are probably outcasts from developing planetary systems and, moreover, they could be twice as numerous as the stars themselves.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18may_orphanplanets/


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