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Most planets in the Universe are orphans without parent stars (bigthink.com)
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[–] eleitl@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Wonder whether these microlensing events can be told apart from those of primordial black holes.

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well yeah, planets get launched from their parent star gravity field during initial solar system formation all the time. There could be hundreds of small planet sized rocks slinging by each other in every direction before a stable disk formation forms. Bye bye, IceBall#768!

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of the movie Dark City