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

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

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

Less than 1% of this dwarf planet candidate's orbit is close enough to detect, which means astronomers are lucky to have ...

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

They said: ‘The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant because it’s found in a region of the Solar System thought to be empty ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

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

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...