Rogue planets
May. 18th, 2011 06:46 pmAstronomers 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.
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.