Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets orbiting other star systems. These planets are called “exoplanets” and one of the tools that helps search for planets outside our solar system is the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

Recently, a group of astronomers used the TESS satellite to track and search for exoplanets. Revealing the discovery of an exoplanet The strange thing is that this planet is free floating. without being influenced by the gravity of the star It is the first wandering planet discovered by the Tess satellite. Using the phenomenon of gravitational lensing (Gravitational Lensing) is when a planet orbits in front of its star. This causes light to distort and reveals the existence of planets. This wandering planet was named TIC 107150013.

The origins of these wandering stars are highly controversial in the astronomical community. But the widely held theory is that they are ejected from the host star system during its formation. Or maybe it happened later due to the interaction of gravity. Additionally, astronomers’ simulations suggest that free-floating planets are likely abundant in our Milky Way galaxy. But few of them have been detected.

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center