US EditionAstronomers Confirm the Existence of a Wandering Planet the Size of Saturn
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The wandering planets, worlds that roam space without being linked to a star, remain one of the greatest riddles of astronomy. Now, an international team of scientists was able to confirm for the first time the existence of one of these bodies by accurately determining its distance and mass: it is a solitary planet, of Saturn size, located almost 10,000 light years from Earth.
Loving without ties, these planets do not orbit any star and thus float in total darkness. We knew that they popped the Milky Way by billions, but we had never been able to measure one: it is now done.
In the immensity of our galaxy, the norm dictates that planets must be attached to the warmth of a star. However, a new scientific discovery has just confirmed that the cosmos houses lonely travelers who challenge this rule. An international team of researchers, with the collaboration of experts from China, South Korea and Poland, has managed to identify a wandering planet whose mass resembles Saturn's, a finding that sheds light on the mysterio…
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