There's a "rogue planet" flying through the Milky Way galaxy -- a free-floating world without a host star. Is it actually a Death Star? The worldships of Marvel villains Annihilus or Galactus? The planet-sized Transformer Unicron? In the year 2020, surely anything is possible but, alas, no. In a newly published study, scientists announced they have discovered a rogue planet.
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