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

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

When you look up at the night sky all you see is stars and maybe a distant planet or two, but there’s actually a whole lot of garbage floating around in Earth’s orbit. The space around our planet is ...

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a ...

Astronomers have spotted something strange and oddly sad: a rogue planet floating freely, without a star. It’s an example of what astronomers call a “rogue planet.” Some are believed to start as ...

Scientists have discovered another rogue planet, but this one has even experts perplexed: It's slightly smaller than Earth and is floating through the Milky Way. The potential exoplanet likely has a ...

When you look up at the night sky all you see is stars and maybe a distant planet or two, but there's actually a whole lot of garbage floating around in Earth's orbit. The space around our planet is ...