Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Telescopes helped researchers track the planet. Britta Pedersen/dpa A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely ...

An artist’s depiction shows a planet bending and magnifying the light of a distant background star through gravitational lensing. (Image: J. Skowron, K. Ulaczyk/OGLE) Astronomers have found direct ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully achieved the first direct mass measurement of a free-floating object, confirming that it is a planet with a mass comparable to that of Saturn. This key ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This rare dual perspective allowed them to weigh the planet and pinpoint ...

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While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets seem to have been knocked out of their orbits, floating through space free ...

Most planets spend their lives orbiting a star, but some are destined for exile. According to a study published in Science on Jan. 1, 2026, astronomers have successfully measured the mass and distance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This rogue planet likely formed within a traditional planetary system before gravitational interactions—perhaps with a massive ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet with a mass equivalent to that of Saturn, and by taking observations from both the ground and space, they have also been able to measure its size and distance ...

When we imagine a planet, we think of one like ours, orbiting a star. But some have a far lonelier existence, drifting through interstellar space without a sun to call their own. Known as “rogue” or ...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett called out flaws in Roe v. Wade in a new interview while discussing her vote to overturn the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling. "The problem with Roe was … there's nothing ...

PASADENA — More than 1,000 free grandstand-seating tickets will be offered to residents impacted by the Eaton and Palisades fires, along with thousands of tickets to the post-parade float viewing ...