A rogue planet is a celestial body that does not orbit a host star and drifts freely through space, as exemplified by Argo 2016 BLG1928, which was discovered through gravitational microlensing; exoplanets like Barnard's Star b (sub-Earth mass, 6 light-years away) and HD137010b (Earth-like candidate, 146 light-years away) demonstrate the diverse range of planetary systems beyond our own, with some being ice planets despite Earth-like orbital characteristics.
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I'm a rogue planet. You can appreciate.
My name's Argo 2016 BLG1928.
I'm a rogue planet. I do admit with no star that we know of I do orbit. I'm a Earth mass or sub-Earth mass rogue planet. I will explain what this means and why I'm legit. I'm called rogue because I don't orbit a host star. I am floating through my lifespan. It's so bizarre. I was located near the galactic bulge, the dense central region of the Milky Way I do divulge. I'm a rogue planet. You can appreciate. My name's Argo 2016 BLG1928.
I'm a rogue planet. I do admit with no star that we know of I do orbit. I was discovered not by direct imaging but by an event called gravitational microlensing where the gravity of an unseen object briefly magnified the light of a background star as I passed right by.
This was the shortest microlensing event known at the time lasting only 41.5 minutes as I rhyme. I'm a rogue planet.
You can appreciate. My name's Argo 2016 BLG1928.
I'm a rogue planet. I do admit with no star that we know of I do orbit.
My name is Barnard's Star b.
That's right. You're looking right at me.
I'm a sub-Earth mass planet. Smaller than Venus.
That's me.
Discovered six light years away from your Earth in 2024 on October 1st in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
You saw my star. It was discovered first.
This is a Barnard's star. It's what I orbit at about 0.023 AU. I admit. My name is Barnard's Star b.
That's right. You're looking right at me.
I'm a sub-Earth mass planet. Smaller than Venus.
That's me.
I must tell you that I am prone to live in my star's habitable zone.
The conditions are too hot for liquid water. Therefore, I'm unlikely to support life. That's for sure.
I'm one of the closest exoplanets to your Earth and a unique target for future studies for what it's worth. My name is Barnard's Star b.
That's right. You're looking right at me.
I'm a sub-Earth mass planet. Smaller than Venus.
That's me.
What is that new cluster human scientists now see? It's a very early very distant galaxy. Let's focus on what we can with our new technology. My name is Mom C14, the new galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope, also called the JWST, looking deep into space with hope. The James Webb team identified in the Cosmos Field as a part of the Mirages and Miracles Survey they revealed. My UV magnitude was brighter than expected. 20.2 was the UV reading they had collected. What is that new cluster human scientists now see? It's a very early very distant galaxy. Let's focus on what we can with our new technology. My name is Mom C14, the new galaxy. You see me as I was 280 million years ago after the Big Bang when the universe appeared, you know. 13.5 billion years is how long it took my light traveling through the universe to reach you. It's pure delight. I'm thought to have a radius of 241 light years. That's much bigger than your Milky Way to be clear. What is that new cluster human scientists now see?
It's a very early very distant galaxy.
Let's focus on what we can with our new technology. My name is Mom C14, the new galaxy.
I'm not a star, a galaxy, or a nebula.
My name is Cloud Nine. I am here to tell you I'm the first of its kind celestial object. They call me Cloud Nine with due respect.
Despite containing gas and a huge dark matter halo, I'm dominated by dark matter and starless, you know.
Astronomers mostly think I'm a failed galaxy. I have all the ingredients but never formed, you see. 1 million times the mass of the sun filled with hydrogen gas and dark matter. How fun.
I'm not a star, a galaxy, or a nebula.
My name is Cloud Nine. I am here to tell you I'm the first of its kind celestial object. They call me Cloud Nine with due respect. I'm roughly 4,900 light years across and proud. Bigger than many small galaxies, smaller than most gas clouds.
I'm located 14 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major is where I stay. Located near the spiral galaxy Messier 94. China's fast discovered me first while explored. I'm not a star, a galaxy, or a nebula. My name is Cloud Nine. I am here to tell you I'm the first of its kind celestial object. They call me Cloud Nine with due respect. I'm not a star, a galaxy, or a nebula. My name is Cloud Nine. I am here to tell you I'm the first of its kind celestial object. They call me Cloud Nine with due respect.
Here are some cool things you may see about HD137010b.
Here are some cool things you may see about an Earth-like planet candidate discovered recently. My name is HD137010b.
About 6% larger than your Earth. That's me. That puts me in the Earth-size small super-Earth category, which is rare to detect around nearby stars, you see. I orbit a host star called HD137010, a K-type main sequence dwarf star in a constellation.
Here are some cool things you may see about HD137010b.
Here are some cool things you may see about an Earth-like planet candidate discovered recently. The constellation that I do belong to is called the constellation of Libra. That fact is true. I'm 146 light years from your Earth, you know, and could be one of the best Earth twin candidates yet to show.
I'm an ice planet even though my orbit resembles the Earth in flight. An average temperature of -90° Fahrenheit. My orbital period's 355 days long, 10 days less than the Earth's 365 days in this song. Here are some cool things you may see about HD 137010b.
Here are some cool things you may see about an Earth-like planet candidate discovered recently.
We are a quadruple star system, meaning four stars orbit each other in a complex gravitational dance. Astronomers have just discovered we are a quadruple star system out in the heavens named TIC 120362137.
Three stars tightly orbit each other in the center, while a fourth star orbits the trio and will not enter. The structure is extremely rare for what it is worth, discovered by TESS between 2019 and 2024.
We are a quadruple star system, meaning four stars orbit each other in a complex gravitational dance.
Astronomers have just discovered the inner stars are packed insanely tight. It could fit inside Mercury's orbit around our sun, shining so bright.
The fourth star orbits the inner triple at a distance roughly similar to Jupiter's distance from the sun, a fast orbit, it's true. The inner three stars are hotter and more massive than the sun. The outer star is cooler and more sun-like on its run. The system's 1,900 light-years from Earth in the Milky Way's dense star-forming regions where it's birthed.
We are a quadruple star system, meaning four stars orbit each other in a complex gravitational dance. Astronomers have just discovered I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. My name is HM Cancri, orbiting fast while I'm spun. I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. It's me and my more massive vampire star on the run.
There are two stars which are both called white dwarfs, one more massive and the other's less, for what that is worth. The two together form a system that you now see. The entire system was named HM Cancri. This is the vampire primary white dwarf star. Its gravity pulls material off me and it's not too far. Just like a vampire feeding, it's taking life material from another body.
This is critical. I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. My name is HM Cancri, orbiting fast while I'm spun.
I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. It's me and my more massive vampire star on the run. From the Earth, it's located 5,000 light-years away, but still close to home in a galaxy called the Milky Way. They sit within the boundaries of the constellation Cancer.
Let's zoom in to see the crazy facts that'll impress, I'm sure. The stars are locked in a death spiral at dizzying speeds, orbiting every 5.4 minutes. It's hard to believe. I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. My name is HM Cancri, orbiting fast while I'm spun.
I'm a double white dwarf binary star system. It's me and my more massive vampire star on the run.
My name is GJ 367b, a fascinating and extreme exoplanet, that's me. My name is GJ 367b.
I push the limits of what you thought rocky planets could be. I'm a giant ball of iron and incredibly dense. My entire body's similar to the core of Mercury, if that makes sense. Over time, I may have lost my outer rocky layers, I'm sure, leaving behind a stripped-down metallic core. 2,700° F is my daytime temperature, man. That's out of sight. I'm probably tidally locked like the moon is to the Earth.
Let's sing the chorus together before we move forth.
My name is GJ 367b, a fascinating and extreme exoplanet, that's me. My name is GJ 367b.
I push the limits of what you thought rocky planets could be. I'm about 31 light-years away from Earth, you see, in a constellation in which I be. My home is in the constellation of Vela here. Let's zoom in to see what I orbit and make things clear. I do orbit a host. It's a red dwarf star, how fun. It's a cool and small star, dimmer than your sun.
My name is GJ 367b, a fascinating and extreme exoplanet, that's me. My name is GJ 367b.
I push the limits of what you thought rocky planets could be.
My name is 2017 OF201, trans-Neptunian object or TNO for fun.
My name's 2017 OF201, located in the scattered disc region, it's where I am spun. 2017 OF201 is my name, you know. I'm a trans-Neptunian object with potential to show. A new large solar system object discovered recently, I'm a dwarf planet candidate if the IAU does agree. My discovery spans from images that were seen between 2011 to 2018.
My name is 2017 OF201, trans-Neptunian object or TNO for fun.
My name's 2017 OF201, located in the scattered disc region, it's where I am spun. I stretch 1,600 AU from the sun in my orbital period. Those are facts for fun. My orbital period around the sun is around 25,000 years on my run.
Observed by the Victor M. Blanco telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii telescope with some hope.
My name is 2017 OF201, trans-Neptunian object or TNO for fun.
My name's 2017 OF201, located in the scattered disc region, it's where I am spun.
I'm the Tabby's or Boyajian's star, it's true, designated KIC 8462852.
Let's take a stellar expedition and find out more about me. Let's explore what makes me special in the verses you'll see.
In the constellation of Cygnus is where I was birthed.
1,470 light-years away from your Earth.
Designated KIC 8462852.
I'm a binary star system, that means there are two.
I'm a big F-type star, yellow and white, and very bright, with a smaller red dwarf companion star, yeah, that's right.
I'm the Tabby's or Boyajian's star, it's true, designated KIC 8462852.
Let's take a stellar expedition and find out more about me. Let's explore what makes me special in the verses you'll see. Sometimes I'm dim, up to 22% Astronomers get puzzled, what's causing that event? I'm bigger than your sun, I shine really far, but nothing can explain my flickers are so bizarre. A lesson for young space fans, here's what you can see, the universe is full of strange possibilities.
I'm the Tabby's or Boyajian's Star, it's true, designated KIC 8462852.
Let's take a stellar expedition and find out more about me, let's explore what makes me special in the verses you'll see.
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