Planets usually stay close to their host stars, tracing steady paths shaped by gravity. Yet some planets break free and drift ...

Across the Milky Way, planets slightly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune appear around most stars. Yet our own solar ...

Astronomers have directly observed a free-floating planet, comparable in mass to Earth, roaming the Milky Way. Discovered via ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

Their analysis showed that the planet lies about 3,000 parsecs, or just under 10,000 light-years, from Earth. Its mass is ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Astronomers recently made an important discovery when they found a rare "in-sync" solar system with six planets all moving in one big grand harmony, completely untouched by outside ...

Astronomers have spotted an Earth-sized planet drifting alone through the Milky Way, detected briefly by bent starlight, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since ...

It's estimated there may be trillions of rogue planets wandering through the Milky Way, unbound to any star. Since detecting our first ones, we have been presented with an odd mystery.

(CNN) – Astronomers have discovered a rare family of six planets about 100 light years from Earth. The exo-planets are larger than the Earth but smaller than Neptune. The planets are in a ...