Far-out worlds, just waiting to be found

New Scientist ^ | 23 July 2005 (issue date) | Stuart Clark

[SunkenCiv]

Far enough away is actually the way I prefer planets, but que sera, sera.

• Lonely Rogue Worlds Surprisingly Outnumber Planets with Suns
• 'Free-floating' planets found with no star in sight
• So Many Lonely Planets with No Star to Guide Them

and from the FRchives:

• First Alien Planet From Another Galaxy Discovered
• Rogue Planet Find Makes Astronomers Ponder Theory
• Planet Found With Comet-like Tail
• Scorched Alien Planet Has a Comet Tail (153 light-years from Earth)
• Cosmic Bullet Fired by Exploding Star
• Spitzer Sees the Aftermath of a Planetary Collision
• 'Jupiter swallowed planet 10 times the size of Earth'
• Comet-like tail discovered trailing planet Mercury
• Will Mercury Hit Earth Someday?
• Venus' Tail of the Unexpected
• Moon has liquid core just like Earth...reveal sensors left on surface by astronauts 40 YEARS ago