Mysterious "rogue planet" spotted gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...
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NASA Discovers 7 New Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

The curious minds at ColdFusion reveal NASA’s discovery of seven new Earth-like planets in our galaxy. This finding expands ...
Space.com

The exoplanet revolution at 30: 1st alien world was found around a sun-like star three decades ago

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

Mars Discovery Means ‘Galaxy Could Be Teeming With Life,’ Scholar Says

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Planet formation depends on when it happens: New model shows why

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...
USA Today

Milky Way may be visible on July Fourth weekend across the U.S.: How to see our galaxy

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. What you're looking at when the Milky Way is visible is the bright center of our galaxy with billions of ...
The Atlantic

Planets May Roam the Galaxy Without Orbiting Anything

The galaxy is getting messy: astronomers have found planets that meander around space without neatly orbiting a star. This contradicts everything we learned in our 8th grade science class.