Lonely Alien Planet Discovered Without a Parent Star - Astronomers have discovered a lonely planet thats floating by itself in deep space without orbiting a star. The powerful Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) telescope at the summit of Mauis Haleakala volcano in Hawaii first detected the solitary alien world through a faint heat signature 80 light-years from Earth while it was searching for brown dwarfs. Dubbed PSO J318.5-22, the exoplanet is relatively young at 12 million years ol... ow.ly/2AEPvI
Posted on: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:31:18 +0000
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