When,
I learned about this, it seemed to me like an incredible phenomenon. Now, I am going to share you about what I
know about this.
If a heavy object moves very closer to a star system, like our own solar system, there is a pretty big possibility that some heavenly objects orbiting the central star could be kicked out of the system immediately. This may sound very odd, but this happens all around us all the time. This is a very common phenomenon in space. 50% of the planets formed are thrown out this way into emptiness. The term used to describe these kind of planets is “rogue planets”, they are planets that don’t have a star to orbit around.
Most of us, know that Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our universe, what many didn’t know is that Oxygen is the 3rd most abundant element in the universe. Whenever the circumstances are right, they join to form H2O. H2O is one of the most abundant molecules in the universe. And so, by mere coincidence most of the rogue planets have large quantities of water in the form of ice. All of their surfaces are frozen due to lack of energy that would only be available if it was closer to a star.
Presence of water molecule makes life in the rogue planets a little closer to truth. But wait I know what question will appear in your mind. As far as we know, life needs ‘liquid’ water to form/survive. But one thing I want to tell you that not all the planets have a dead core like Mars does. Many of these so called ‘rogue planets’ could still have an ‘active’ core, that would play an important role in the formation of life. One thing that most of us know about our own planet’s core is, it is hot, really very hot. This heat energy could make an interior liquid water ocean deep inside the ice possible. No light will ever enter into these oceans.
These dark oceans could have hydro-thermal vents that spits out energy from the core of the planet. These vents could provide suitable circumstances that will be ideal for life to survive if not thrive. These hydro-thermal vents are also a very likely contender for origin of life on our own planet. Conditions created by these underwater energy fountains would make complex organic molecules to form and could provide energy to sustain life. Most of earth’s hydro-thermal vents are also supporting biodiversity without any sunlight reaching the surface of the oceans. In this way Life could form and thrive in many of these rogue planets. Rogue planets are most likely candidates for extraterrestrial life.
Even now there is more possibility that most of the life in the universe is inside dark oceans of billions of rogue planets all around us. But there is a shortfall in being alive inside a host less planet. That is they will eventually get terminated as the core of the planet cools down. Even if brilliant life forms evolve in these places, they would have no possibility of escape the planet, due to the thousands of kilometers of ice that covers the surface. They would have no idea that there is a broader universe about there. Ironically, the ice that blocks the living beings to escape the planet also helps them to survive by blocking harmful radiation from space.
Life will form inside the Rogue planets, they will thrive inside the comfort of icy shield that protects them and then eventually die inside those planets by the factors that made them to thrive. And never learn that there is something beyond the oceans they dwell.
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| Illustration of a Rouge Planet |
Most of us, know that Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our universe, what many didn’t know is that Oxygen is the 3rd most abundant element in the universe. Whenever the circumstances are right, they join to form H2O. H2O is one of the most abundant molecules in the universe. And so, by mere coincidence most of the rogue planets have large quantities of water in the form of ice. All of their surfaces are frozen due to lack of energy that would only be available if it was closer to a star.
Presence of water molecule makes life in the rogue planets a little closer to truth. But wait I know what question will appear in your mind. As far as we know, life needs ‘liquid’ water to form/survive. But one thing I want to tell you that not all the planets have a dead core like Mars does. Many of these so called ‘rogue planets’ could still have an ‘active’ core, that would play an important role in the formation of life. One thing that most of us know about our own planet’s core is, it is hot, really very hot. This heat energy could make an interior liquid water ocean deep inside the ice possible. No light will ever enter into these oceans.
These dark oceans could have hydro-thermal vents that spits out energy from the core of the planet. These vents could provide suitable circumstances that will be ideal for life to survive if not thrive. These hydro-thermal vents are also a very likely contender for origin of life on our own planet. Conditions created by these underwater energy fountains would make complex organic molecules to form and could provide energy to sustain life. Most of earth’s hydro-thermal vents are also supporting biodiversity without any sunlight reaching the surface of the oceans. In this way Life could form and thrive in many of these rogue planets. Rogue planets are most likely candidates for extraterrestrial life.
Even now there is more possibility that most of the life in the universe is inside dark oceans of billions of rogue planets all around us. But there is a shortfall in being alive inside a host less planet. That is they will eventually get terminated as the core of the planet cools down. Even if brilliant life forms evolve in these places, they would have no possibility of escape the planet, due to the thousands of kilometers of ice that covers the surface. They would have no idea that there is a broader universe about there. Ironically, the ice that blocks the living beings to escape the planet also helps them to survive by blocking harmful radiation from space.
Life will form inside the Rogue planets, they will thrive inside the comfort of icy shield that protects them and then eventually die inside those planets by the factors that made them to thrive. And never learn that there is something beyond the oceans they dwell.
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