The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is slated to be the next Great Observatory for the world. Its main focus has been ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

In a startling new observation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a planet with an atmosphere made almost ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. About 620 light-years from Earth, a gigantic rogue proto-planet is ...

EMERADO, N.D. – At an “authors table” in the Emerado Public School gymnasium on Friday, Peyton Gornowicz and Magnus Lugo found themselves surrounded by fellow students anxious to learn about the two ...

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 ...

Artist’s impression of Cha 1107-7626. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser When we think of planets, we imagine steady worlds orbiting stars. But astronomers have just caught a free-floating planet in ...

Astronomers have uncovered a runaway feeding frenzy in a rogue planet drifting freely through space, devouring six billion tonnes of gas and dust every second. Located 620 light-years away in the ...

A rogue planet is devouring 6 billion tons of gas per second, the fastest growth ever recorded. The timing coincides with interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, raising new cosmic questions. Astronomers ...