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Planetary candidates

Nature volume 411, pages 1002–1003 (2001)Cite this article

The tentative discovery of planets roaming freely through interstellar space has far-reaching implications. If confirmed, it would imply that there are more planets on the loose than there are around stars.

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Figure 1: A double image of a distant quasar, Q0143, caused by a massive galaxy (the 'lens') located close to the line of sight between the quasar and the observer.

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