Astronomers have, for the first time, pinned down both the mass and distance of a planet that drifts through the galaxy ...

Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are doomed to roam the cosmos alone.

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

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

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

Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based ...

Although we already know dozens of exoplanets without their own star, their masses could only be estimated. Now a precise ...

BEIJING: Chinese scientists have successfully achieved the first direct mass measurement of a free floating object, confirming that it is a planet ...

In science, there are thousands of ways to measure the world around us that the average person may never encounter. For example: Pascals to measure pressure, Candles to measure light intensity, and ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...