Lonely Rogue Worlds Surprisingly Outnumber Planets with Suns

Lonely Rogue Worlds Surprisingly Outnumber Planets with Suns

Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer,
Space.com Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer,
space.com – Wed May 18, 6:00 pm ET

Artist's conception provided

This artist's conception provided by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech shows a newly discovered type of planet that wanders freely or follows very loose orbits. Astronomers have the mysterious denizens of the Milky Way are apparently as common as the stars. One expert called the discovery a huge surprise.… Read more »

(AP Photo/NASA JPL-Caltech)