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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Dont you know...”ITS A TRAP!”
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No star to orbit = no day shift. There is no day or night on these planets by definition.
Yes, I know you were just joking but I’m a stickler for detail...
I am very unsurprised there would be residual matter splatter scattered throughout the universe. Wholly unsurprised.
I agree...its not random...and yes there are patterns
Kinda tough to find ‘em, given the amount of time you have to wait for radar returns.
The Big Bang theory was created by scientists when they first deduced that the Universe was expanding. They theorized that if it was expanding, then at one point in time, it had to be infinitely small. They were left with coming up for a reason that the infinitely small non-point started expanding, and since we are familiar with gunpowder... The Big Bang Theory was created.
Here’s the problem. We cannot see the entire Universe (it may be infinite). We cannot see the ‘known’ extent of the Universe. If galaxies are all expanding away from each other, why is it that we now see them crashing into each other ? How do we ascertain a direction of movement, when there is no reference system, other than our viewpoint from Earth?
Nothing that we see is where we see it. Many things we see no longer exist. Making the claim that the Universe is expanding is based on a lack of information and a limitation to our equipment.
For those that believe in the Big Bang Theory, I ask that they point out the center of the Universe. The point in space where it all started. Show me that, and I’ll find the theory more believable.
The Universe is, if anything, based on THE NEVERENDING HUM, and not the BIG BANG.
I find it helps if you just imagine the stars and planets as atoms.
One wonders how did a planet form, or a star, or a solar system, or a galaxy, yet no one wonders how an atom formed. And it is made of many, many pieces.
Those pieces have different spin.
In the biblical vent, As above, so below.
Not as small as you might think. One must remember, there are also an infinite number of planets and stars and they are all moving, and scientists now favor the idea that a wandering planet entered our solar system and crashed into at least one planet.
The Earth is pelted with tons of space dust and ice crystals every day. Just because we don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
I could be wrong but no one really knows what goes on inside a rotating black hole...yet...we just have a hunch and how they effect light or whatever else that gets near enough to the event horizon for us to observe but the actual hole itself is a mystery except for assumed unimaginable density....i always remember the guess that one teaspoon would equal several fully loaded super tankers in our gravitational “weight” by comparison....stuck with me since I was a kid long ago
No astrophysicist here just buy big coffee table books...and sailed the oceans once
Because the Universe would be pointless without stars.
great for errant children I hear..know where I can find one this side of the Tower of London
The energy that produces that effect, is what runs the Universe.
So, if there is an event horizon, what happens if you approach it from behind?
Why do we assume that if we approached a black hole, we would be able to tell which is the top ... and this is where the theory falls apart, as the black hole would supposedly be spherical.
Where is up/down in space?
Well, when it comes down to it, you know just as much about black holes as the top scientists.
It may be that black holes are just the core element to galaxies, and the mass and energy going into them isn't disappearing, it's just being redistributed. Just like our solar system, the galaxy may be a giant electro/plasma field and the energy flows from the core (black hole) back through space on strings of plasma, which help make the beautiful spiral galaxies we see.
The main thing to know about the stars, is that they are pretty.
Space time emerged from the big bang, not fully formed stars and planets
What you said. LOL
Your comment reminds me of the rat politician and I don't remember his/her name, who said it was disrespectful for astronauts to take an upside down picture of earth from space.
I hope I made my statement clear enough, that you don't think I an disagreeing with you. I'm not.
That's my stance too.
I'm a Christian who believes the earth is a lot more tha 6,000 years old. I'm a little embarrassed by my Pastor saying from the pulpit, that earth is about 6,000 years old. This, from a man who has an earned doctorate, (as opposed to an honorary one), ignoring all evidence to the contrary.
My God is big enough to have created everything in any manner He chose.
Big bang? Somebody had to create and light that fire cracker.
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