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Do you understand the implications of the new particle science finds? Someday you may realize that everything is indeed possible.
Hum who would have thought it...
"Free-floating planets have been predicted to exist for quite some time and just last year, in May 2011, several orphan worlds were finally detected.
But now, the latest research concludes there could be 100,000 times more free-floating planets in the Milky Way than stars.'
Read more:
www.universetoday.com...
With estimates up to 100,000 nomad planets for every star in the galaxy, there could be literally quadrillions of wandering worlds out there, ranging
in size from Pluto-sized to even larger than Jupiter.
Read more:
www.universetoday.com...
“Theoretical calculations say that probably the lowest-mass nomad planet that can form by that process is something around the mass of Jupiter,”
Of course, without a sun of their own to supply heat and energy one might assume such worlds would be cold and inhospitable to life. But, as the
researchers point out, that may not always be the case. A nomad planet’s internal heat could supply the necessary energy to fuel the emergence of
life… or at least keep it going.
Read more:
www.universetoday.com...
edit on 3-6-2012 by Char-Lee because: (no reason given)