Astronomers have, for the first time, pinned down both the mass and distance of a planet that drifts through the galaxy ...

Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are doomed to roam the cosmos alone.

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

In science, there are thousands of ways to measure the world around us that the average person may never encounter. For example: Pascals to measure pressure, Candles to measure light intensity, and ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...