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    Q & A WITH A ROGUE PLANET HUNTER

    Jul 11, 2024 2 minutes

    What is a rogue planet?

    Most people believe planets are objects that go around a star, just like Earth goes around the Sun. Rogue planets are objects that have mass similar to planets but are not orbiting stars. They're free-floating planets and there are lots of them. This study [using Euclid] found seven more rogue planets than those we knew of before and confirmed the existence of some previously discovered ones.

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