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

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

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully achieved the first direct mass measurement of a free-floating object, confirming that it is a planet with a mass comparable to that of Saturn. This key ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...

A new study published in The Astronomical Journal has revealed an astonishing possibility: free-floating planets, long considered cosmic castaways, may not be as solitary as once thought. Using the ...

A young rogue planet about 620 light-years away from Earth has experienced a record-breaking "growth spurt," hoovering up some six billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months. A ...

"This is the strongest accretion episode ever recorded for a planetary-mass object." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists ...

Space is full of weird objects that don’t make sense according to what scientists thought they knew about the universe, and the last couple of years have been amazing for finding completely bonkers ...

Slingshot Aerospace has been chosen by the Air Force's technology acceleration arm to support a program for identifying and tracking various objects in space. The company specializes in artificial ...