New Zealand researchers have helped to discover a collection of Jupiter-sized free-floating planets that do not orbit stars.
The discovery of these "exoplanets" - to be published in tomorrow's scientific journal Nature - provides new knowledge about "lonely" planets in distant solar systems.
The scientists in the Japan/NZ project used a 1.8m telescope near Lake Tekapo.
NZ helps find 'exoplanets'
File photo / NZ Herald
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