A new paper from Harvard's sometimes controversial physicist Avi Loeb has suggested that if we want to find advanced alien ...

A couple of decades ago, the idea of a rogue planet entering our solar system would have been the stuff of fantasy, but now we know it’s actually possible. In a recent paper, ...

Pictured are a NASA artist's concept of a Jupiter-like rogue planet and a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope's spectroscopic survey of the nebula NGC1333 (inset).

A new study has looked into the possibility that our Solar System could capture and provide a home for a rogue planet as they hurtle through the galaxy, alone. In 2017, astronomers at the Pan ...

Astronomers have spotted the smallest "rogue planet" candidate yet known, a Mars- to Earth-mass world that apparently cruises through our Milky Way galaxy unattached to a star.

Gravity can bend light around a planet, allowing us to see that light even though something in between is blocking our direct line-of-sight. In this case, the mysterious rogue planet acted as the ...

The rogue planet recently discovered by Mroz’s team signaled its existence for just a few hours. The tricky part is figuring out whether rogue planets are, in fact, rogue.

Even if a rogue planet came close to the Earth, the interaction may not even destroy the planet if there wasn't a direct hit. "It would need to come close enough to Earth to either collide with it ...

The sun could collect rogue planets and hold them at the outskirts of the solar system for millions of years, occasionally trading them with neighboring star Alpha Centauri. News.

Bizarre “rogue planet” found lurking in Earth’s galactic neighborhood With about 13 times the mass of Jupiter and a visible aurora, this strange world opens new doors for astronomers ...

The rogue planet, called CFBDSIR2149, is around 100 light years from our solar system, making it the closest free-floating planetary mass yet discovered. Its relative proximity, ...

Rogue planet reports are out there in the publications, here is a recent example. Astronomers uncover largest group of rogue planets yet, https: ...