A team of astronomers believes they may have spotted a serious candidate for a ninth planet in our Solar System. This object, located far beyond Neptune, could revolutionize our understanding of our ...
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Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming discs around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...
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It’s possible the trans-Neptunian object, dubbed 2017 OF201, is large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet, making it an “extreme ‘cousin’ of Pluto,” according to Institute for Advanced Study postdoc ...
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found new evidence that further suggests there is a ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," researchers said ...
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Most astronomers would love to find a planet, but Mike Brown may be the only one proud of having killed one. Thanks to his research, Pluto, the solar system’s ninth planet, was removed from the ...
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 fair—but one of the largest yet discovered and with an orbit around the Sun that ...
Something is throwing icy bodies past Neptune, and scientists have an interesting idea about what it might be. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...