Mysterious planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could be created when young star systems clash. They aren't planets or stars, but are in a cosmic class of their own.

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 ...

While they have been spotted in abundance in young star clusters such as the Trapezium Cluster in Orion (Fig. 1), their origin has puzzled scientists. Traditional theories have suggested that they ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images in the near-infrared wavelength range of the region near the Trapezium Cluster in the Orion Nebula. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] For over ...

With masses comparable to that of Jupiter, these entities are often observed in young star clusters, such as the Trapezium Cluster in the Orion constellation. Their existence raises fundamental ...

America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Webb Space Telescope observed hundreds of PMOs in Orion's Trapezium Cluster - a vast population far exceeding predictions of the ...