It’s a bit mind-bending to realise that everything we know about the scale of the universe comes from people stuck […] ...

A planet about the size of Saturn has been discovered roaming through the Milky Way. It is a rogue body that was kicked out ...

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rogue planet, one that doesn't orbit a star, by measuring ...

Astronomers have just confirmed one of the strangest kinds of worlds imaginable, a planet drifting through the galaxy with no ...

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

Scientists measure a Saturn-sized rogue planet drifting through the Milky Way using rare Earth and space observations, revealing how planets can be ejected from their original systems.

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

Ground and space-based telescopes have confirmed a microlensing event caused by a rogue planet wandering silently through the ...

Their analysis showed that the planet lies about 3,000 parsecs, or just under 10,000 light-years, from Earth. Its mass is ...

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

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

Although we already know dozens of exoplanets without their own star, their masses could only be estimated. Now a precise ...