Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...

Astronomers have found a massive cloud of metallic winds orbiting a mystery object in space. The cloud was found when ...

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.

A study published in Science Advances sheds new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects (PMOs ...

The Planetary Society continues to fund the search for potentially hazardous comets and asteroids that orbit close to our planet by awarding Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants to five researchers ...

When a star is young, it is often still surrounded by a primordial rotating disk of gas and dust, from which planets can form. Astronomers like to find such disks because they might be able to catch ...

First light for the innovative new instrument is anticipated in 2028. Spectre — once operational — will play a key role in ...

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth — ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...

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

How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

Humanity has long wondered if we are being watched from the stars, but the answer might lie in our own exhaust fumes. As the ...