An expanding 'rogue' planet 620 light-years away was spotted using European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all by themselves, called rogue planets. While their origins are poorly ...

About 620 light years away in the constellation Chamaeleon, a strange planet is devouring everything around it at a furious ...

Scientists have been baffled to discover a 'clingy' planet that is ensuring its own doom. The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge ...

Located around 620 light-years away from Earth, scientists say it is "gobbling up" gas and dust at a "furious" pace.

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for a giant gas planet in a nearby solar system – with moons that could be habitable. The planet was first detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

11:14, Mon, Jun 30, 2025 Updated: 11:15, Mon, Jun 30, 2025 Astronomers have discovered a rare planet hiding at the edge of our galaxy using a space-time phenomenon that was first predicted by Albert ...

In “Citizen Science in Astronomy (Part 7),” SETI Institute astronomers Dr. Franck Marchis and Dr. Lauren Sgro highlight two rare and compelling discoveries and the crucial role of citizen scientists ...

On Monday (Oct. 6), the nonprofit Planetary Society held a "day of action" to urge Congress to restore NASA's science funding ...