Posted on 05/18/2011 8:47:19 PM PDT by Redcitizen
Astronomers have discovered a whole new class of alien planet: a vast population of Jupiter-mass worlds that float through space without any discernible host star, a new study finds.
While some of these exoplanets could potentially be orbiting a star from very far away, the majority of them most likely have no parent star at all, scientists say.
And these strange worlds aren't mere statistical anomalies. They likely outnumber "normal" alien planets with obvious parent stars by at least 50 percent, and they're nearly twice as common in our galaxy as main-sequence stars, according to the new study.
Astronomers have long predicted the existence of free-flying "rogue alien planets." But their apparent huge numbers may surprise many researchers, and could force some to rethink how the planets came to be.
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The more we learn, the more we realize we have to learn. Fascinating.
Try to get the day shift if you live on one of these planets.
I sure wish we could travel to see these things in the Universe. Stars, planets, moons, nebulas. Just out of reach, but I can look at the night sky.
So basically, the idea of a big bang in which worlds spun out, is bogus.
Keep an eye out for little green men.
That’s no moon, it’s a space station.
I can so relate to them! I’ve no sons either.
Please clarify how this discovery supports your contention that there was no big bang.
hahahaha!!! :D
If all the celestial bodies spun out of one mass and bang, wouldn’t they all have the same direction of spin?
Space is just too big for this to be likely. Even over the course of billions of years, the chance of such a planet wandering close enough to a star to be gravitationally captured is very small.
“If all the celestial bodies spun out of one mass and bang, wouldn’t they all have the same direction of spin?”
Um, no. Not even the debris of a firecracker exhibits that property...
Ever hear of a catherine wheel?
I am not a scientist. I dont even play one on TV.
But there is more to the universes than our math and observation can explain.
That’s just an opinion.
What you just described has nothing to do with the Big Bang. Here's a boatload of information that may help:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/astronomy/bigbang.html#theory
A small excerpt:
Giving an accurate description of BBT in common terms is extremely difficult. Like many modern scientific topics, every such attempt will be necessarily vague and unsatisfying as certain details are emphasized and others swept under the rug. To really understand any such theory, one needs to look at the equations that fully describe the theory, and this can be quite challenging. That said, the quotes by Peebles and Kippenhahn should give one an idea of what the theory actually says. In the following few paragraphs, we will elaborate on their basic description.
The simplest description of the theory would be something like: "In the distant past, the universe was very dense and hot; since then it has expanded, becoming less dense and cooler." The word "expanded" should not be taken to mean that matter flies apart -- rather, it refers to the idea that space itself is becoming larger. Common analogies used to describe this phenomenon are the surface of a balloon (with galaxies represented by dots or coins attached to the surface) or baking bread (with galaxies represented by raisins in the expanding dough). Like all analogies, the similarity between the theory and the example is imperfect. In both cases, the model implies that the universe is expanding into some larger, pre-existing volume. In fact, the theory says nothing like that. Instead, the expansion of the universe is completely self-contained. This goes against our common notions of volume and geometry, but it follows from the equations. Further discussion of this question is found in the What is the Universe expanding into? section of Ned Wright's FAQ.
Well, that might just destroy a bunch of accepted theories
An explosion of space has no particular orientation in space.
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