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A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.
A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...
A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...
The unusual orbit of a possible dwarf planet, known as 2017 OF201, makes it less likely that our solar system contains a ...
The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's ...
The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...
There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...
In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...
The new object could also challenge the hypothesis that there's a "Planet X" or "Planet Nine" beyond Pluto, with gravity affecting dwarf planets and other objects in the Kuiper Belt. That's ...