PSO J318.5-22 - NASA Visions of the Future Material:Canvas

PSO J318.5-22 - NASA Visions of the Future Material:CanvasWandering alone in the galaxy, rogue planets do not orbit a parent star. PSO J318. 5 22 was discovered in October 2013 using direct imaging and belongs to a special class of planets called rogue, or free floating, planets. Not much is known about how these planets come to exist, but they may be either failed stars or planets ejected from very young systems after an encounter with another planet. These rogue planets glow faintly from the heat of their

and lightweight stars live on the outskirts

This discovery was made by Kepler

but just think of the cool field trips

Nota (STScI/ESA)

but once they cool down they will be completely in the dark

Interested in working the night shift on the Martian moon Phobos

The clouds of Jupiter boast the most spectacular light show in the solar system

Its central star

Pinwheel Galaxy)

This galaxy is remarkable because of its bright blue disk

NASA's Cassini orbiter was designed to see through the ever present haze of Titan to unravel the mysteries of this planet-like moon

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