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Strange 'rogue' planet spotted guzzling matter like a star

This handout artist’s impression released on October 2, 2025 shows Cha 1107-7626, a rogue planet located about 620 light-years away about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star. [AFP

A mysterious "rogue" planet has been observed gobbling six billion tonnes of gas and dust a second -- an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday.

Unlike Earth and other planets in our solar system which orbit the Sun, rogue planets float freely through the universe untethered to a star.

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