Astronomers have confirmed a Saturn-size world drifting alone in deep space roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, a discovery that turns a once-theoretical idea into a measured reality. The planet ...

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

Simultaneous ground- and space-based observations of a newly discovered free-floating planet have enabled direct measurement of its mass and distance ...

A lonely world the size of Saturn is drifting through the Milky Way with no star to warm it, and for the first time ...

The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions between its magnetosphere and atmosphere. When you purchase through links on ...

Titan's shadow will fall on Saturn in the early hours of Sept. 20, one day before the world shines at opposition in Earth's sky When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"These features were completely unexpected and, at present, are completely unexplained." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For a ...