Chapter 1
The great escape
Chapter 2
Finding things in the dark
Chapter 3
Extreme environments
Chapter 4
The nomad neighbors
YOUR GOAL
Master of Rogue planets drifting alone
Ch 4 · The nomad neighbors
futura Rogue Planets
Drifting in the deep, outnumbering the suns, trillions of starless worlds in the Milky Way.
futura Wandering planets could serve as refueling stations for human journeys across the galaxy.
BETA
futura Steer drifting planets through deep space to discover how worlds survive without a sun.
Fun Fact
Red planet: The rogue planet PSO J318.5-22 has clouds made of hot dust and liquid iron raining down in its atmosphere.
Glossary
rogue planet (noun)
A planetary-mass object that drifts through interstellar space without being gravitationally bound to any star. In September 2020, astronomers detected OGLE-2016-BLG-1928, the closest starless candidate ever spotted near Earth.
A planetary-mass object that drifts through interstellar space without being gravitationally bound to any star. In September 2020, astronomers detected OGLE-2016-BLG-1928, the closest starless candidate ever spotted near Earth.
Quiz
What is the mathematical likelihood of Earth being ejected into deep space by a passing star?
Quiz
To which young moving group of stars does the rogue planet CFBDSIR 2149 likely belong?
Quiz
What would happen to Earth's oceans if Earth were ejected into deep space as a rogue planet?