The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

A ravenous rogue planet has been caught eating 6 billion tonnes of gas and dust per second. This behaviour blurs the line between planets and stars, suggesting both can form in similar ways. Rogue ...

A mysterious "rogue planet" has been observed gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second — an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday. Unlike ...

Astronomers have observed a planet that in some ways behaves more like a star — including a massive growth spurt unlike anything witnessed before in a free-floating planet. The rogue planet, which ...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced it has been awarded a $7.5 million contract ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty? Our first stop is the International Space ...

A young rogue planet about 620 light-years away from Earth has experienced a record-breaking "growth spurt," hoovering up some six billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months. A ...

Astronomers have identified an enormous "growth spurt" in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our solar system, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The ...

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For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, scientists say those measurements indicate a disturbing trend — the ...