Exoplanets Floating Freely, Without A Star

Reporting in Nature, researchers write of ten newly discovered exoplanets that appear to be very distant from their stars, or not orbiting them at all. Astronomer Joachim Wambsganss and planetary scientist Sara Seager talk about the discovery, and whether such planets could support life.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/20/136501172/exoplanets-floating-freely-without-a-star?ft=1&f=1024

robert johnson red box canary islands crank james dean alison krauss hospice