Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...
A young world drifting alone through space is putting on one of the most violent growth spurts astronomers have ever seen, ...
Astronomers have confirmed a Saturn-size world drifting alone in deep space roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, a discovery that turns a once-theoretical idea into a measured reality. The planet ...
Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...
A lucky alignment of space- and ground-based telescopes has enabled researchers to nail down the mass of a rogue planet for the first time. Unlike worlds in our Solar System, rogue planets do not ...