Are they stars? Are they planets? Or are they neither? Some rogue planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could ...

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

M any know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) 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 ...

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. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

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

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 with planetary masses but not bound to any star. A recent study published in ...

They are often observed in young star clusters like the Trapezium Cluster in Orion. While their existence is well-documented, their origin has long puzzled scientists. Previous theories proposed ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the best must-see attractions ... These four stars, also known as the Trapezium, were born out of this giant cloud of hydrogen gas an estimated 10 million to 100 million ...

WHAT YOU NEED: A ruler, pens, scissors and paper. Image caption, STEP 1 - TRAPEZIUM x 2: On a rectangular piece of paper, use a ruler to draw two angled lines from the bottom corners to make a ...

Orion Nebula (Mike Lynch ... These four stars, also known as the Trapezium, were born out of this giant cloud of hydrogen gas an estimated 10 to 100 million years ago. This makes them stellar ...