Rogue planet

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A rogue planet is a free floating planet. It does not orbit a star. Even so, it can be within an artificial Habitable Zone. More details are available here. Rogue planet are of two origins. Some of them have been ejected from their host stars by gravitational perturbations. Others can be created from small clouds of gas and dust, similar to a star formation. If the planets are still warm, they are Hot planets. However, without a source of fusion, temperature will decrease dramatically. It is…

Asteroids, rogue planets, black holes, and incineration by the sun are just a few ways life on Earth could meet its ultimate demise.

Scientists using the Kepler telescope have found a new population of rogue planets, or free-floating planets, unconnected to any star.

“A Jupiter-like rogue planet wandering alone in the dark of space. There could be 50 billion such rogue planets adrift in the Milky Way, floating freely without a parent star.”

Astronomers can’t see “Planet Nine.” But it makes its presence known.

Asteroids, rogue planets, or being swallowed by the sun are just a few of the ways life on Earth could meet its ultimate demise.

Jedha (Rogue One)