Mysterious planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could be created when young star systems clash. They aren't ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...

Rogue planet find makes astronomers ponder theory. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Eighteen rogue planets that seem to have broken all the rules about being born from a central, controlli ...

in Orion's Sword as a bright diffuse nebula - a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a dark side, formed by its lanes and clouds of ...

Deep in space, mysterious wanderers roam freely — of planetary masses yet not hosted by stars. These celestial nomads, called ...

Star clusters are formed when gravity pulls young stars together, forcing them to orbit each other. A star cluster can ...

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 ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by mysterious, planet-sized objects drifting freely through space, unattached to any star.

For over two decades, astronomers have been perplexed by the existence of planetary-mass objects, or PMOs, celestial bodies ...

For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by the rising of the star Rigel, in the Orion cluster. In Maori, this star is called Puanga. It's a period of celebration and ...

With even a small telescope or a decent pair of binoculars, you’ll see that the giant cloud of gas surrounds a cluster of stars within it. Orion Nebula (Mike Lynch) If your optics are powerful ...