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Why This Rogue Planet Discovery Changes Everything

2026-01-22 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a detection of a rogue planet using an interesting new technique Links: https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2601.00057 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.01231 Other videos: https://youtu.be/9TApFtxuJwQ https://youtu.be/jfQgCUzUIm4 https://youtu.be/YHq9pYVYcEk https://youtu.be/j8iDObMqk_o #rogueplanet #astronomy #milkyway 0:00 Rogue planet breakthrough 1:00 What are free floating planets? 2:40 How we usually find them 3:50 Major problem with this detection 4:40 New study and a major breakthrough - microlens parallax 7:05 Einstein's desert implications 7:40 Why this matters 8:50 What's next? 10:05 Other rogue planet findings Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com  J. Skowron, K. Ulaczyk / OGLE ESO/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) - https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2120c/ Jan Skowron - CC BY SA 2.5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_microlensing#/media/File:Gravitational.Microlensing.Light.Curve.OGLE-2005-BLG-006.png 文爻林夕 CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_0855−0714#/media/File:WISE_0855-0714_NIRCam_gif.gif Nsae Comp CC BY Sa 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_0855−0714#/media/File:Angular_map_of_fusors_around_Sol_within_9ly_(large).png Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@willyleavitt-pe1cw 2026-01-22

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, given the size of the universe and the number of objects floating around there should be no surprise in finding something that’s unique/ strange/unexpected. Odds are every possible scenario exists.

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@Musicalcode313 2026-01-23

You saying "hello wonderful person" every video means more to me than it should. Thanks Anton!

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@linuxaudio100 2026-01-23

At least one rogue planet needs to be named: hello wonderful person!

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@victorpapaavp 2026-01-22

They should name it "Yeetus"

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@TheHoveHeretic 2026-01-23

"Now concentrate this time Dougal. _These_ .... are small .... _Those_ .... are far away. Small .... Far away. ..... Ah, forget it!"

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@Zamnatou 2026-01-23

Some people say "fake it till you make it" but for me it's "Let Anton call you wonderful until you belive it" xD

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@HakunaMatata-os1og 2026-01-23

If this is the first massive wandering planet accurately measured, maybe we should call it: rogue one.

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@Gruntsworth 2026-01-22

So it's aliens.

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@krist6074 2026-02-16

Imagine standing on an Earth sized rogue planet. That must be something else!

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@connarcomstock161 2026-01-25

"How far away was the gravitational lens?" *Crushes telescope* "IT'S OVER 9000 LIGHTYEARS!" "WHAT 9000!?"

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