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Sun is capable of grabbing small planets as well as Jupiter -size gas giants that get too close.
Scientists have suspected for some time that the solar system can grab objects that drift past, like comets and asteroids.
New research shows this "capture region" extends far beyond the Oort cloud, however, which is about two light-years from Earth .
A captured rogue planet orbiting the sun at a distance of 3.81 light-years would bring a rogue planet to Alpha Centauri .
The two star systems could exchange their captured rogues, like kids trading baseball cards.
Because rogue planets emit little light, spotting one out past the Oort cloud would be difficult.
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