{"id":24761,"date":"2021-12-22T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24761"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:12:18","slug":"eso-largest-group-yet-of-rogue-planets-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24761","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Largest group yet of rogue planets discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO<\/a>):<\/p>\n

ESO telescopes help uncover largest group of rogue planets yet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This artist\u2019s impression shows an example of a rogue planet with the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex visible in the background. Rogue planets have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star, instead roaming freely on their own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star, instead roaming freely on their own. Not many were known until now, but a team of astronomers, using data from several European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes and other facilities, have just discovered at least 70 new rogue planets in our galaxy. This is the largest group of rogue planets ever discovered, an important step towards understanding the origins and features of these mysterious galactic nomads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not know how many to expect and are excited to have found so many,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

says N\u00faria Miret-Roig, an astronomer at the Laboratoire d\u2019Astrophysique de Bordeaux, France and the University of Vienna, Austria, and the first author of the new study published today in Nature Astronomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n