PSO J318.5-22 isn't the first planet to be found ... in the way the paper's authors have been able to image PSO J318.5-22. And while the planet is similar in mass and color and energy ...

This free-floating planet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, ... Oct. 9, 2013 — Astronomers have captured an image of an unusual free-floating planet. As the object has no host star, ...

It’s just a newborn in planetary terms, and it’s drifting all alone in space without a star to orbit. The solitary life of this newly discovered planet, with the catchy name PSO J318.5-22, has ...

This multicolor image from the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii shows the free-floating planet PSO J318.5-22 ... about 100 billion times fainter in optical light than the planet Venus. (Image ...

The newborn planet PSO J318.5-22 has no star (MPIA/V. Ch. Quetz) The loneliest planet in the universe has been floating around in space with no star to orbit. Dubbed PSO J318.5-22, the planet is a ...

Changes in the brightness of a planet adrift in space could be caused by clouds of molten metal passing in and out of view. The starless planet, PSO J318.5-22 , was discovered in the Pan-STARRS ...