Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn wandering alone through the Milky Way. Unlike most ...

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

Astronomers have confirmed a Saturn-size world drifting alone in deep space roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, a discovery that turns a once-theoretical idea into a measured reality. The planet ...

Scientists with NASA announced they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that is likely rocky – and could be habitable. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is slightly smaller than Earth and orbits a red ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Astronomers have spotted something unusual, a planet that doesn’t orbit any star. It’s just drifting alone through space. About the size of Saturn, th.

The dichotomy arises during the first 50 million years of planetary history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Supercomputer ...

Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) estimate that six percent of red dwarf stars in the galaxy have ...