Hubble detects tiny 'lost' planets

Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope may have found the smallest 'free-floating' objects detected.

Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope may have found the smallest 'free-floating' objects detected.

The six planet-sized masses are too small to be seen directly but were noticed when they passed in front of a distant star.

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