Free-Floating Planets May Be More Common Than Stars

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NASA Science News for May 16, 2011

Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets floating alone in the dark of space. These lone worlds are probably outcasts from developing planetary systems and, moreover, they could be twice as numerous as the stars themselves.

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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18may_orphanplanets/


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