Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges traditional models and supports the idea that planets may form one by one in ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth's orbit came from. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Since Earth is the only planet where life has been confirmed in the universe, efforts to search for life have been focused on finding planets in the habitable zone like Earth, but if life can exist ...

Meet Mauve: a satellite around the size of a small suitcase with a 13 cm telescope. Photo: Blue Skies Space/C3S LLC Mauve is an ultraviolet (UV) space telescope with a mission to study stars. During ...

A researcher at Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke is joining the science team of NASA’s Pandora mission trying to find habitable planets in other solar systems. Dr. Jason Rowe, Canada Research Chair ...

"Our discovery offers further evidence that the galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A NEWLY discovered rogue planet without a host star like the sun to orbit around has been detected dashing through space on its lonesome. These planets – also known as free-floating planets – are ...

The planets in our galaxy are surrounded by stars and other celestial bodies, unlike some distant and isolated planets in space. Quite far beyond the Milky Way is a lone planet that astronomers found ...

Scientists have worked out two key details about these elusive space orphans A NEWLY discovered rogue planet without a host star like the sun to orbit around has been detected dashing through space on ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...