Euclid telescope spies rogue planets floating free in Milky Way
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6N0PY)
Wandering worlds are seen deep inside Orion nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas 1,500 light years away
Astronomers have spotted dozens of rogue planets floating free from their stars after turning the Euclid space telescope to look at a distant region of the Milky Way.
The wandering worlds were seen deep inside the Orion nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas 1,500 light years away, and described in the first scientific results announced by Euclid mission researchers.
Continue reading...