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New research shows there is at least a 40% chance of the existence of Planet Nine, but scientists are still looking for ...
Computer simulations show that planets could be flung out of the inner solar system, supporting the possible existence of a ...
Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...
A new paper examining and simulating the formation of wide-orbit planets has put the chances of our own Solar System ...
Scientists at Rice University believe there’s a 40% chance that a mysterious ninth planet — Planet Nine — could be orbiting far beyond Neptune and Pluto in the icy Kuiper Belt. This potential ...
For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.
Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...
The chance of a planet forming in the outer reaches of the solar system – a hypothetical Planet Nine – could be as high as 40 ...
A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...
U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.
As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region thought to be largely devoid of objects ...