Such untethered objects are typically classified either as “free-floating planets,” which form inside a star system, but are thrown out by the gravitational force of another planet ...

Even more interesting, though, is that the planet appears to have floating metal clouds. Part of what makes WASP-121b so intriguing is its oblong shape. Beyond that, though, the planet is also ...

Imagine floating in space ... During the Cryogenian, our planet was plunged into a series of deep freezes when enormous glaciers flowed across the globe. In new research published in Geology ...