Posted on 08/29/2025 5:39:44 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the Pan-STARRS survey telescope on Hawaii and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, researchers have found a giant rogue planet, possibly as massive as Jupiter, speeding toward the solar system. It is a transient discovery made possible by the combination of wide-sky monitoring and the capability of high-resolution spectroscopy.
Pan-STARRS first notified astronomers to the object with weak, creeping light signals near quiet stars. The adaptive optics and spectrographs of the VLT then allowed researchers to unravel its light into a spectrum, which indicated absorption lines typical of a gas giant atmosphere. Spectroscopy the same technique researchers apply to study exoplanets can identify molecular constituents such as methane, ammonia, and water vapor and give clues to how the planet formed. As Núria Miret-Roig, who spearheaded similar rogue planet surveys, has described it, These measurements allow us to securely identify the faintest objects in this region, the rogue planets.
Early orbital simulations suggest that the body is not gravitationally bound to any star and is traveling through the solar system for the first time. Its mass and velocity suggest it will have slight gravitational pulls on other planets or minor bodies. Scientists are conducting three-body simulations in order to establish possible perturbations, a process that involves the restricted three-body problem and considers chaotic orbital resonances. Whereas current models indicate minimal disruption, even a Jupiter-mass object passing by tens of astronomical units can deflect cometary orbits in the Oort Cloud.
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Zecharia Sitchin.
Nibiru returns.....................
Wormwood?
Are we sure it’s not the Death Star?
Zecharia Sitchin.
It’s Nibiru! The Anunnaki are returning and they want our gold again!
The link does not work.
Dyson sphere?
Wormwood ?
Could be...
( Hope not )
Death Star filled with space “ brothers “ come to deceive mankind and make us think they created us ,
and YHWH is real but actually the bad guy,
and that they took all those bad Christians away, not their rapture, so we could evolve and ascend?
Maybe...
Time will tell.
Luke 21:28
Keep looking up at any rate.
Lots of wiggle words in the article, as scientists do guesswork and run simulations and "fun" for some.
More fear porn. It sells.
This link works for me:
Perhaps you have a ‘liberal disinformation website’ blocker?
“… poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep?”
Good grief. What drama.
I hope it doesn’t destroy the solar system before the midterms.
EC
There is no verified detection of a Jupiter-sized rogue planet entering our solar system. The claim appears to be a mix of misunderstood studies and speculative fiction.
The real interstellar visitor, 31/ATLAS, is intriguing but not planet-sized.
All too well.
Planet X
Good question.
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