How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

This one-million-year-old star-forming region contains thousands of new stars and hundreds of planetary mass objects floating freely in the nebula, not orbiting stars. A groundbreaking study published ...

Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three main groups of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer Solar System.

Spread the loveIntroduction As we navigate through the cosmos, Earth often finds itself in the path of numerous celestial objects. One such object is the asteroid designated 2026 HJ1, which is set for ...

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth — ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WISE, NEOWISE's predecessor mission, imaged the entire sky in the mid-infrared range. NASA/JPL/Caltech/UCLA The NASA project ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects -- some of which could strike the ...

Spread the loveIn an exciting turn of events for astronomers and space enthusiasts alike, NASA is closely monitoring the approach of two bus-sized asteroids, designated as 2026 GA2 and 2026 GT, which ...

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...