Mysterious red sphere found hurtling through space at record speed
NASA has identified a mysterious red object, CWISE J1249, moving faster than almost any known rogue planet in space. The sphere shows an ultra-cool red glow in infrared scans, behaves like a rogue planet, resembles a failed star, and possesses unusual properties that contradict long-standing theories of stellar and planetary formation. Scientists are mapping its path to understand its origin.