When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planet Nine is a hypothesized massive planet, first proposed in 2014, that is speculated to orbit ...

Scientists examined infrared space surveys to narrow down candidates for Planet 9. Planet 9 would be so far from the Sun that it is just not illuminated by much sunlight. The two space surveys, ...

Some of us remember August 24, 2006, like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club.” I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began lunch break by ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Almost a decade after astronomers proposed the existence of Planet 9 ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy - two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to ...

A possible cousin of Pluto seems to be circling the far reaches of the solar system. The dwarf planet candidate 2017 OF201 travels in a superwide orbit, with the sun relatively near one end of its ...

Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...