‘Dark Earths’ roam space

ORPHAN life-sustaining planets like Earth float in the dark universe between the stars, say astronomers.

The worlds have been detected for the first time in the Milky Way with no companion planets or even a star – and there are probably billions out there.

A lack of sunlight keeps temperatures habitable and life could survive in thermal vents and lakes, say scientists at Warsaw University Observatory.

Prof Andrzej Udalski’s team’s findings are from detecting light bending round large objects.