James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star

James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.

Giant rogue planets could form their own miniature solar systems

Rogue planets can form their own planetary systems, new University of St Andrews research suggests. Click to

Lonely giant planets may form their own planetary systems – Astronomy Now

A generative AI impression of a circumstellar disc surrounding a free floating planet. Though not bound to any star, these solitary giant planets appear to possess discs similar to the one that formed the planets around our Sun. Planets without stars may not be so lonely after all. New research led by astronomers at the University of St Andrews suggests that free-floating giant planets—those adrift in interstellar space—can host their own miniat…