May. 18th, 2011

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Astronomers are closing in on those sunless planets that drift through interstellar space.  The ones featured in such SF novels as George R.R. Martin's Dying of the Light...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/science/space/19planets.html
http://www.space.com/11699-rogue-alien-planets-milky-common.html

There may be more sunless planets than there are stars!  However, the latest data indicate they are more likely to be gas giants than terrestroid worlds. 

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