[editor-surveyor]

"I don't see how this can accurately be described as hanging, in any factual sense."

I said 'appears.' Viewed from a distant point, any planet 'appears' to be supported by nothing.

[WildHorseCrash]

I said 'appears.' Viewed from a distant point, any planet 'appears' to be supported by nothing.

The word "supported" is absolutely meaningless in this context. There is nothing against which a planet needs support or on which a planet hangs. That's the point. It doesn't even work as an analogy.