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Evan Gough, and ,Universe Today

9 Years Ago, Astronomers Found Two Rogue Planets — But They Didn’t Realize It Until Now


Scientists have found what appear to be rogue planets hidden in old survey data. Their results are starting to define the poorly-understood rogue planet population. In the near future, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will conduct a search for more free-floating planets, and the team of researchers will develop some methods that will aid that search.

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