Giant Free-Flying Exoplanet One of Closest 'Rogue' Worlds Yet Seen

Friday, April 8, 2016 - 16:46 in Astronomy & Space

The exoplanet, known as 2MASS J1119–1137, is four to eight times more massive than Jupiter and lies about 95 light-years from Earth at the moment, a new study reports.

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