This artist’s impression shows Cha 1107-7626. Located about 620 light-years away, this rogue planet is about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star. It is eating up material from a disc around it and, using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered that it is now doing so at a rate of six billion tonnes per second – the fastest ever found for any kind of planet. The team suspects that strong magnetic fields could be funneling material towards the planet, something only seen in stars.
A rogue planet is feasting like a star, rewriting the rules of planetary birth.
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