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May 2024
29m 49s

Ep. 721: Rogue Planets

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 721: Rogue Planets By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 20, 2024. Most of the exoplanets we’ve found are around stars, where they belong. But a few have been found free-floating in interstellar space. The evidence is growing that there are a lot of them out there, maybe even more than planets with stars. How do they form an ... Show More
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