UM-Bot Posted April 13, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (IP: Staff) · Wandering planets that aren't part of a solar system might still be capable of supporting life. To date most of the effort towards hunting down extrasolar planets has been focused on locating distant worlds situated in orbit around other stars, but out in the cold depths of interstellar space there actually exists another predominantly overlooked type of planet that does not belong to any one solar system. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/280328/rogue-planets-could-potentially-support-life 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino666 Posted April 13, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Doesn't matter what we see or think we see, we either can't get to it or wouldn't survive it even if we could get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 13, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2015 IF these rogue planets can support life underground, I just wonder how long? I guess the core would cool slowly, but with a heavy layer of ice on top I would think the world would become uninhabitable. May take millions of years, so I guess it may be a moot point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieChecker Posted April 13, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) I thought I read about this like a year ago? Maybe it was this article? http://abcnews.go.co.../story?id=99236 Maybe if we can find planets between here and the closest star, we could get to those easier then going to that closest star? Edited April 13, 2015 by DieChecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad hoc Posted April 14, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I think I read somewhere recently that extrasolar planets might be the most common kind- more getting thrown out during the cataclysmic stage of solar system formation than stay in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 14, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (IP: Staff) · I think I read somewhere recently that extrasolar planets might be the most common kind An extrasolar planet is ANY planet not in our solar system. Rouge planets are those not in orbit around a star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad hoc Posted April 14, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 14, 2015 An extrasolar planet is ANY planet not in our solar system. Rouge planets are those not in orbit around a star. Cheers. Rogue planets was what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted April 17, 2015 #8 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I guess our universe has a lot of potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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