Astronomers discover largest collection of rogue planets in our galaxy

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List members , this largest collection of rogue (starless) planets found in our own Milky Way Galaxy , provides a very strong proof for our alternative theory of planet formation !

Astronomers discover largest collection of rogue planets in our galaxy

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Published Thursday, December 23, 2021 9:24PM ESTLast Updated Thursday, December 23, 2021 9:24PM EST

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This artist's impression depicts a rouge planet drifting through space. (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva)

Astronomers have recently discovered the largest collection of free-floating planets in our galaxy.

The cluster includes between 70 and 170 free-floating or rogue planets, which are planets that are drifting in space without orbiting around a star.

“We did not know how many to expect and are excited to have found so many,” said astronomer and study author Nuria Miret-Roig in a press release.

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Miret-Roig and her colleagues published their findings in the journal Nature Astronomy on Wednesday. They examined data collected over the past 20 years from numerous telescopes and observatories, including the European Southern Observatory, the NOIRLab in Arizona, the Subaru Telescope in Japan and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii.

Because rogue planets by definition don't orbit a star, astronomers say they are extremely difficult to spot. Most rogue planets have been discovered through "microlensing" events, which is when a planet aligns with a background star for a brief moment and forms a silhouette.

However, scientists say microlensing events are extremely rare. Instead, the researchers found that many of these planets are hot enough to glow and could be directly captured with sensitive cameras.

“We measured the tiny motions, the colours and luminosities of tens of millions of sources in a large area of the sky,” said Miret-Roig in the release. “These measurements allowed us to securely identify the faintest objects in this region.”

These planets are approximately 420 light-years away from Earth, located within the Scorpius and Ophiuchus constellations. Their masses are also similar to that of Jupiter's.

It remains unclear how these rogue planets form. Some astronomers believe these planets form after the collapse of a gas cloud that is too small to become a star. Others say they could have been regular planets that were kicked out their solar system.

“There could be several billions of these free-floating giant planets roaming freely in the Milky Way without a host star,” noted study leader Herve Bouy in the release.

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Fascinating! I didn't know planets could exist without having a sun to revolve around. It makes me wonder what their history is.

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@SilverMoon , then you will find it very interesting that these wandering , "starless" planets have absolutely brilliant auroras , like BEACONS in outer space...their Polar regions are obviously THE warmest regions on their frigid outer surfaces - real HOT SPOTS !! This again proves that ALL planets have their own SUSTAINABLE (nuclear) energy source - an inner Sun , that is the root cause of their Auroras.

**This also proves BEYOND DOUBT , that Auroras are an intrinsic property of planets - not dependent on a parent star (as WRONGLY suggested by mainstream science !) , for their existence and their amazing glow !

***Moreover , the same laws of nature must apply to all planets , including Earth , hence the same as above is true of the Earth , just a difference in the intensity of the Auroras , that's all :))

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Wow!!

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Folks , we don't have a PhD in physics or Astronomy , but are blessed with common sense ! That's all it takes to figure out that Auroras are an intrinsic feature of planets , regardless of whether a given planet has a parent/host star or not .

Secondly , planets last for Billions of years , so they need a sustainable energy source at their core . This simply can NOT be sustained by a molten iron core :)) There has to be a natural nuclear fusion or nuclear fission (geo)reactor at the planetary core , i.e. an inner Sun , to continue fuelling it's Auroras and keep the planet going - for ages !

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List members , I request your thoughts and views on the following hypothesis , I have been thinking of for last few years :-

  1. Stars , true planets (gas giants) and planetoids/ploonets (eg. Mercury/Earth/Venus/Mars) are all born from essentially the same process of genesis/creation in outer space - i.e. they form a continuum

  2. Celestial objects that cross a certain energy threshold and can sustain a nuclear fusion reaction become full fledged stars , failed stars or "brown dwarves" become gas giant planets like Jupiter/Saturn etc.

  3. Celestial objects below a certain energy threshold , which cannot sustain a nuclear fusion reaction , but can sustain nuclear fission reaction , become hard , rocky worlds eg. planetoids/ploonets like Earth/Mars etc.

  4. The hard , rocky worlds are actually Dyson spheres i.e. the outer shell solidifies due to lower temperatures of the planetary core or inner Sun - they usually emerge as moons of gas giant planets (true planets) , then drift into independent orbits around the host star eg. the Earth , which as per ancient esoteric knowledge , originated as a moon of Saturn & Mercury originated as a moon of Jupiter

  5. Moons may not have an active planetary core or inner Sun at all , exceptions being Europa , Jupiter's largest moon , or Titan , Saturn's largest moon - which is gradually drifting free , into an independent orbit around the Sun

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