Rogue planets sound like rare travelers amongst the stars, freed from the gravitational constraints of a host system, left to forever wander the interstellar void. But modern models suggest these Free Floating Planets (FFPs) as they are technically known, are actually very common - nineteen times more common than planets beyond the snow line, which is the distance from the central star where it becomes cold enough that hydrogen compounds like water, ammonia, and methane can condense into ice. But why are FFPs so common? What forces them out of the stellar systems where they form? A new paper from Xiaochen Zheng of the Beijing Planetarium and his co-authors, available in pre-print in arXiv, offers a plausible explanation - planetary bouncers.

Weeks after the announcement, the Artemis III launch date has shifted already.

Voted for by the public, the image beat out 40 other images of animals caught just at the right, or wrong moment.

For some reason, the illness is said not to have affected the Spartan troops that beseiged the city.

Supermassive Games has released plenty of great video games over the years, but theres no denying that its most notable titles are Until Dawn and The Quarry. These two story-driven and decision-based games gave players a ton of choice, a nightmare-fueled narrative, and a focus on replayability that kept players coming back for more.

2026 has been a year of great indie game success stories, and Far Far West is the latest to leap onto that list. French studio Evil Raptor's creation injects the dusty Old West of Red Dead Redemption with a fantasy twist, the extraction-style co-op of Helldivers 2 and Deep Rock Galactic, giant raid bosses reminiscent of Destiny 2 and Risk of Rain 2, and the stylish action of Roboquest and Gunfire Reborn. The result is a barnstorming Wild West shooter that's already sold a quarter of a million copies in its first 48 hours, and racked up a very impressive 97% Steam review average so far, earning it Valve's 'overwhelmingly positive' rating.

Gen.G League of Legends player Park 'Ruler' Jae-hyuk recently found himself in hot water, after a 2023 tax ruling against him became public. Despite Ruler subsequently paying the bill, his status as both a celebrity and an Asian Games gold medalist, the latter of which had earned him exemption from Korean military duty, has come under heavy public scrutiny. Naturally, the MOBA's Korean league, the LCK, was obligated to carry out its own investigation. Today, I'm sure to Ruler's relief, it has decided against sanctioning the Worlds winner.