Locations of the free-floating planets found

This image shows the locations of 115 potential free-floating planets recently discovered by a team of astronomers in the direction of the Upper Scorpius and Ophiuchus constellations, highlighted with red circles. Free-floating planets have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System, but do not orbit a star and instead roam freely on their own.

The exact number of free-floating planets found by the team is between 70 and 170, depending on the age assumed for the study region. This image was created assuming an intermediate age, resulting in a number of planet candidates in between the two extremes of the study.