The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a 'rogue' cosmic object barrelling through our galaxy without a star, and covered ...

Previous examinations using ground-based tools as well as the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes indicated SIMP 0136 was ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a ...

The infinity of the universe hides facts such as the one that has been uncovered in recent days. An object 13 times the size of the planet Jupiter is wandering uncontrollably throu ...

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

The data was gathered from the deepest-ever survey of NGC1333, a star-forming cluster located about 1,000 light-years from Earth. The newly discovered planets are among the lightest ever detected and ...

The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star.

Rogue planet find makes astronomers ponder theory. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Eighteen rogue planets that seem to have broken all the rules about being born from a central, controlli ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by mysterious, planet-sized objects drifting freely through space, unattached to any star.

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...