Farout! Astronomers identify the most distant known object in our solar system Astronomers say they’ve discovered the most distant body ever observed in our solar system, a potential dwarf planet that’s about… Read More
Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’ While searching for a hypothetical Planet Nine, astronomers found a distant mini-world that’s been given a spooky nickname: “The Goblin.”… Read More
Discoveries boost Jupiter’s retinue to 79 moons — including a wrong-way oddball Astronomers searching for signs of a hypothetical “Planet Nine” have instead come up with 12 new moons of Jupiter, including… Read More
Scientists say there may be yet another unseen planet at solar system’s edge Astronomers say they’ve found hints that an unseen planetary-mass object may lurk in the outer reaches of our solar system.… Read More
Looking for Planet 9 and other far-out objects? Finally, NASA has an app for that Citizen scientists can join an online hunt for icy worlds, brown dwarfs and other yet-to-be-discovered objects beyond the orbit of… Read More
Astronomers are seeing more signs of undiscovered Planet Nine’s influence Astronomers haven’t yet seen Planet Nine, the theoretical world that some say lies far beyond Pluto’s orbit, but they’re seeing more… Read More
Hunt for Planet Nine leads to mini-worlds The hypothetical world known as Planet X or Planet Nine hasn’t yet been found, but thanks to the search, astronomers have discovered smaller… Read More
‘Planet Nine’? Astronomers boost the case for a large, unseen Planet X For decades, astronomers have gone back and forth over whether a “Planet X” exists on the edge of our solar… Read More
