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Most planets in the Universe are orphans without parent stars (bigthink.com)
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[โ€“] Carvex@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, planets get launched from their parent star gravity field during initial solar system formation all the time. There could be hundreds of small planet sized rocks slinging by each other in every direction before a stable disk formation forms. Bye bye, IceBall#768!

[โ€“] notfromhere@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the movie Dark City