Space Daily July 24, 2026 • 09:15

Somewhere in the Milky Way tonight, drifting through the darkness between the stars, there are roughly 20 planets for every sun that burns — trillions of worlds, most thought to be ejected from the solar systems where they were born and now wandering the gal - Space Daily

Somewhere in the Milky Way tonight, drifting through the darkness between the stars, there are roughly 20 planets for every sun that burns — trillions of worlds, most thought to be ejected from the solar systems where they were born and now wandering the gal - Space Daily

The galaxy harbors trillions of orphaned worlds, cast out from their birth systems and now drifting alone through the void.

A nine-year microlensing survey has produced the most complete count yet of the small, dark, planet-mass objects that drift through the Milky Way without a star. The estimate lands at roughly 20 for … [+4737 chars]
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