▲ 43 ▼ Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate (www.eso.org) submitted 1 year ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/astronomy@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments "(ESO’s VLT) reveals that this free-floating planet is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of six billion tonnes a second. This is the strongest growth rate ever recorded for a rogue planet, or a planet of any kind...."
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Agreed, they won't. By far. Maybe even humans won't see it lighting up. permalink fedilink source parent