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A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely followed by scientists who are managing to find out more about ...

A new study published in Nature has revealed a rare glimpse into the early life of four young exoplanets orbiting the star ...

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

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Astronomers have detected a massive, lonely world drifting through the darkness without a star to call home. This ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...