Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Telescopes helped researchers track the planet. Britta Pedersen/dpa A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely ...

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Astronomers have just confirmed one of the strangest kinds of worlds imaginable, a planet drifting through the galaxy with no star of its own roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth. Instead of circling ...

Most planets spend their lives orbiting a star, but some are destined for exile. According to a study published in Science on Jan. 1, 2026, astronomers have successfully measured the mass and distance ...

Astronomers have signalled the discovery of a planetary body roaming the Milky Way that is not gravitationally bound to the Sun or any other star. The entity is termed a free-floating planet, a class ...

Astronomers have spotted something unusual, a planet that doesn’t orbit any star. It’s just drifting alone through space. About the size of Saturn, this planet is giving scientists a rare peek at ...