Aug 28, 2024, 12:37 PM IST

Six new 'rogue' planets discovered by NASA 

Meemansa Shekhawat

Picture credit: NASA

Meemansa Shekhawat

Using NASA's James Webb telescope, scientists have discovered six planets drifting in the space. 

1. Instead of orbiting around stars, these planets appear to be floating 

2. Each of the planets are between five and ten times the size of the Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.  

3. The data came from the deepest-ever survey of NGC1333, which is a star-forming cluster around 1,000 light-years distant from the earth. 

5. A theory says that these planets form alone in space, similar to how stars form. 

6. The newly found planets are among the lightest ever found, with a dusty disk around them, hinting at the possibility that they may have formed in the similar manner as the stars. 

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports Credit: NASA