In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...

For skywatchers, 2026 kicks off with a great chance to view Jupiter at its biggest and brightest, according to NASA’s latest ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

Two separate research teams have observed a previously unseen microlensing event, confirming the existence of a particular ...

A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely followed by scientists who are managing to find out more about ...

Astronomers have spotted a lonely world roughly the size and mass of Saturn, drifting through the Milky Way without a star to ...

A test model of the Perseverance rover, designed to explore the surface of Mars, sits in a garage at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

Planets usually stay close to their host stars, tracing steady paths shaped by gravity. Yet some planets break free and drift ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting our first ones, we have been presented with an odd mystery.

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...

The southern night sky at 8 p.m. local time on January 2, 2026 shows the Full Moon and Jupiter in the constellation Gemini, ...