Planet Starship: Runaway Planets Zoom at a Fraction of Light-Speed
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
New research shows that not only do runaway planets exist, but some of them zoom through space at a few percent of the speed of light - up to 30 million miles per hour.
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