The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Planets travel alone in space, without a parent star. These wandering worlds, far from being rare, might even be extremely ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the mass of a rogue planet, a celestial body wandering through space ...

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

Astronomers have spotted something unusual, a planet that doesn’t orbit any star. It’s just drifting alone through space.

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time ...

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

Astronomers have detected a massive, lonely world drifting through the darkness without a star to call home. This ...