Astronomers have claimed to have spotted Cha 1107-7626, a young rogue planet, which is 5 to 10 times more massive than ...
The growth spurt hints that the free-floating object evolves like a star, providing clues about rogue planets’ mysterious origins.
Cha 1107-7626 is estimated to be about one to two million years old — extremely young by astronomical standards.
A recent artist's illustration depicts the planet Cha 1107-7626, situated approximately 620 light-years from Earth, released on October 2, 2025. — Reuters ...
These starless worlds are difficult to find and study, but this particular one is teaching us new lessons about the universe.
Experts discover huge rogue planet growing at fastest rate ever detected - Free-floating planet is consuming gas and dust at ...
Astronomers have spotted a free-floating ‘rogue’ planet, named Cha 1107-7626, that is going through a massive growth spurt, ...
Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all ...
Rogue planet Cha 1107-7626 is swallowing gas and dust at roughly six billion tons each second, the fastest planetary growth ...
Located about 620 light-years away, this rogue planet is about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star.
European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with additional data from the James Webb Space Telescope ...
(Web Desk) - A rogue planet was spotted growing at a mind-bending rate of six billion tonnes a second. The lost world doesn't ...