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

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

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a ...

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...

Space is a cold, dark place, and sometimes we're reminded of just how cold and how dark it can be. Thanks to new research published in Nature Astronomy this week, we now know that astronomers have ...

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time ...

Astronomers believe the free-floating planet is around 22 percent the mass of Jupiter and lies 3,000 parsecs from the Milky ...

TOWARD SOMETHING A LOT BIGGER. I FORGET HOUSTON OR CAPE CANAVERAL SATURDAY MORNING. GILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, GETS ITS OWN SHOT AT SPACE TRAVEL. THIS WAS ALL DESIGNED, ENGINEERED AND PUT TOGETHER BY ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Space, the only commercial space-weather company with flight ...

WASHINGTON — Daniel Porras, a former executive at the Secure World Foundation, has joined Rogue Space, a startup developing small satellites for in-orbit services. Porras will be Rogue’s director of ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Space, the only commercial space-weather company with flight heritage and an actively expanding in-situ measurement network, will launch its second ...