By studying how light from eight distant quasars is gravitationally lensed as it propagates towards Earth, astronomers have ...

Puzzling red spots in photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by ...

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 ...

Astronomers have finally pinned down both the mass and distance of a solitary “rogue” planet, a world that drifts through ...

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

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 ...

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In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems with castaway exoplanets — born within solar systems but chucked out later ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...