Rogue Exoplanet Is One Of The Youngest And Brightest Ever Discovered

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An artist's impression of a rogue gas giant. NASA/JPL-Caltech

A free-floating or “rogue” exoplanet has been found adrift within our solar neighborhood. Just 10 million years in age, this giant loner is essentially a baby on galactic time scales. Without a star to call its own, this makes it an orphan, too – but don’t fret, it’s only 95 light-years from Earth, so it’s not too far away from some celestial company.