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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Daniel Lawler

Starless And Forever Alone: More 'Rogue' Planets Discovered

The planets were spotted during Euclid's observations of the Horsehead Nebula, depicted in a colourful image released in November (Credit: AFP)

The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star.

Without being bound to a star, as the Earth is to the Sun, there are no days or years on these planets, which languish in perpetual night.

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