Rogue planet

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

Rogue planets: what is a rogue planet? a rogue planet or free-floating planet or starless planet is a planet that does not orbit around any star.

Explore the possibility of the Solar System capturing a rogue planet. Learn about interstellar objects, their potential impact, and what this could mean.

This is according to Sean Raymond, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Laboratory in Bordeaux, who says the internal heat of the planets may allow life to form.

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...

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Scientists believe that the so-called, mysterious Planet Nine might be a "rogue planet" that was captured by our solar system

“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.”