These stellar objects blur the lines between planet and star–to better understand the cosmic processes that form both. A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted six new rogue worlds in a young nebula. The findings ...

Within the nebula are newborn stars, brown dwarfs and objects with planet-like masses, all about five to 10 times more massive than Jupiter. These are the lowest-mass objects found to have been created by a process that typically leads to the formation of ...

This is important context for understanding both star and planet formation.” The findings come from Webb’s deepest survey of the young nebula NGC1333, a star-forming cluster about a thousand light-years away in the Perseus constellation. A new image ...

"We are probing the very limits of the star-forming process." The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified half a dozen free-floating planets wandering alone i. The planets, ranging between five and 10 times the mass of Jupiter,

Scientists used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to spot six of these rogue objects, which move through the cosmos untethered from any solar system. They're a little bigger than the gas giant Jupiter,

They can’t all be stars. Researchers using the James Webb Telescope have discovered six distant “rogue” worlds that may have peculiar origins. What’s uncommon is that none of the planet-sized bodies,

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered six rogue worlds, including the lightest ever found with a dusty disk, in a detailed survey of the NGC 1333 nebula. These findings challenge traditional theories about star and planet formation,