IMAGE: An artist’s impression of a free-floating planet. Using observations and archival data from several of NSF’s NOIRLab’s observatories, together with observations from telescopes around the world ...

Back in 2018, researchers from Brigham Young University demonstrated a device called an Optical Trap Display that used lasers to create free-floating holographic images that don’t need a display. That ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...

Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these lone ...

Rogue planets don’t play by the rules. These free floaters roam the universe on their own without being bound to a host star. Astronomers know very little about these rebellious worlds, but a recent ...

As astronomers discover more and more planets in galaxies far, far away, they are increasingly confronted with a curious subset of orbs that are free-floating and not connected to or orbiting a ...

A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely followed by scientists who are managing to find out more about its mass and direction. Scientists have known about this and other rogue ...

Do you often feel that things—whether in your personal life or in world affairs—aren’t going well? You might be experiencing “free-floating anxiety,” a term that describes an ongoing sense of dread, ...

The reality is that free-floating anxiety is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood. Here are explanations of free-floating anxiety from various members of the psychological community: The American ...