A ‘rogue’ planet has been spotted floating through the Milky Way

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Astronomers have spotted a new “rogue” planet floating through our galaxy, seemingly unattached to a star. With a mass somewhere in-between that of the Earth and Mars, the planet is thought to be the smallest of its kind to have been discovered.

The find comes courtesy of researchers using a technique called “gravitational microlensing”, which involves observing foregrounded objects – such as the planet – passing in front of distant stars. The nearer object is revealed as it bends andhellip;

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Thom Waite, Khareem Sudlow