Somewhere between the stars, far from any sun, a planet is moving quietly through space. There is no orbit to trace and no ...

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

The 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence will also feature the historic Artemis 2 astronaut mission ...

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Astronomers have spotted something unusual, a planet that doesn’t orbit any star. It’s just drifting alone through space.

Astronomers have spotted a lonely world roughly the size and mass of Saturn, drifting through the Milky Way without a star to ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: Space.com | Science: Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) / Animation: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) ...

Scientists measure a Saturn-sized rogue planet drifting through the Milky Way using rare Earth and space observations, revealing how planets can be ejected from their original systems.

The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a ...

As NASA prepares to bring Crew-11 home early, here's a look at other medical issues or space emergencies that NASA has ...