Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

Planets travel alone in space, without a parent star. These wandering worlds, far from being rare, might even be extremely ...

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

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Galway, has hailed the "remarkable discovery" of a newly detected planet, WISPIT 2b. Estimated to be just five ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Astronomers may have finally worked out how planets between the size of Earth and Neptune – which aren't found in our Solar ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.