@cosmomyst · Post #393 · 10/08/2025, 06:21 PM
🪐 Astronomers using the OGLE survey have discovered a population of rogue planets, including a free-floating world called OGLE-2012-BLG-1323, which might be smaller than Earth and drifts alone through the Milky Way. Rogue planets like this have no parent star, traveling in permanent darkness—detected only by the way they briefly bend and magnify light from distant stars, a phenomenon known as gravitational microlensing. ✨ #rogueplanets⚡#exoplanets⚡#microlensing⚡#nasa⚡#galaxy⚡#stars⚡#astronomy⚡#universe⚡#cosmos⚡#space 👉subscribe Universe Mysteries 👉more Channels