Why aren’t free-floating planets captured when they fly past stars?

Wouldn’t a free-floating planet eventually cross paths with a star or even a black hole and start revolving around it? YinToronto, Ontario Free-floating planets (FFPs) or rogue planets are bodies that move through space by themselves, not locked into an orbit around a star. While some may have begun as typical planets flung out of Continue reading "Why aren’t free-floating planets captured when they fly past stars?" The post Why aren’t free-floating planets captured when they fly past stars? appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .