Lonely 'homeless' planet found for the first time

The lonely planet, called CFBDSIR2149 at the moment does not orbit a star. It is the first isolated planet of its kind ever to be discovered by scientists, after more than a decade of searching in a process described as looking for a single needle in amongst thousands of haystacks.

"Although theorists had established the existence of this type of very cold and young planet, one had never been observed until today," said