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A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...

For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the ...

Astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet, provisionally named 2017 OF201, located in the remote outskirts of ...