Hungry Rogue Planet Is Gobbling Gas and Dust at 6 Billion Tons per Second

Rogue planets live by their own rules, freely floating through the cosmos without being bound to a star. With no stellar supervision, those isolated planetary bodies can often behave in unusual ways. Astronomers discovered a rogue planet experiencing a rather unusual growth spurt, bingeing on its surrounding gas and dust at an unprecedented rate.

The rogue planet is located approximately 620 light-years away in the Chameleon constellation. It’s still in its early formation process and is…