There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. And with this new research, scientists have improved our understanding of these elusive free-floating ...

The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are as ...

There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects, called brown ...