Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in ...

A rogue planet is a world that has been ejected from the planetary system in which it originally formed. Because rogue planets do not orbit a parent star, they are cast adrift into interstellar ...

Planets that go rogue orbit no star. They wander the vacuum of space alone, having been kicked out of their star systems by gravitational interactions with other planets and stars.

The term "rogue planet" conjures up visions of such places as Hoth, Alderaan, and Endor (from the "Star Wars" universe). Those places orbit stars, whereas free-floating planets don't do that anymore.

A couple of decades ago, the idea of a rogue planet entering our solar system would have been the stuff of fantasy, but now we know it’s actually possible. In a recent paper, ...

Rather than destroying the Earth, a passing rogue planet could even bump our planet out of orbit and cause it to become a rogue planet itself. "I would say the more scary thing, ...

Scientists have used gravitational lensing to detect a so-called ‘rogue planet’ that doesn’t orbit a star and floats freely in space. The planet is relatively … ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

Rogue planets, also known as "free-floating planets," are planetary bodies that do not orbit a star. Unlike planets in our solar system, which are gravitationally bound to the sun, rogue planets ...

Sometimes called “free-floating” or “rogue” planets, these solitary worlds drift freely through space. While astronomers can estimate the mass of these dark, ... Also, many of Pearson and ...

The term "rogue planet" conjures up visions of such places as Hoth, Alderaan, and Endor (from the "Star Wars" universe). Those places orbit stars, whereas free-floating planets don't do that anymore.