Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Rogue Saturn Discovered 10,000 Light-Years Away
Scientists have found a planet that looks like Saturn but doesn't have a star.
It's called a rogue planet.
This one is very far away, about 10,000 light-years from Earth.
Normally, planets go around stars, but this one doesn't.
It might have been pushed out of its place by another planet a long time ago.
Scientists used special tools to see it from two different places: Earth and a telescope in space.
They think there could be billions of these lonely planets floating in our galaxy.
It's hard to see them because they don't shine like stars.
This is the first time they've found one as big as Saturn.
Scientists discovered a rogue Saturn-like planet 10,000 light-years away.
The planet, KMT-2024-BLG-0792, has a mass of 22% of Jupiter's.
It was likely ejected from its solar system due to a gravitational interaction.
The discovery was made using microlensing and parallax from two observation points.
There could be billions of such rogue planets in the Milky Way.
- Who
- Scientists using telescopes on Earth and the Gaia space telescope
- What
- Discovery of a rogue Saturn-like planet
- When
- Not specified (recent discovery)
- Where
- 10,000 light-years away in the Milky Way
- Why
- Gravitational interaction with another cosmic body
- Planet Name
- KMT-2024-BLG-0792
- Distance from Earth
- 10,000 light-years
- Mass
- 22% of Jupiter's mass
- Discovery Method
- Microlensing and parallax
- Observation Points
- Telescopes on Earth and Gaia space telescope
- Number of Known Rogue Planets
- Nine (including this discovery)