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 ...

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...

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The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant, as it challenges the hypothesis of Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet thought to ...

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 ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

Legendary actor William Shatner wants President Trump to restore Pluto to greatness as scientists claim to have found a “new” ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

Ouch. Now officially labeled a “dwarf planet,” Pluto may have lost its title, but not our affection. After all, who doesn’t love a comeback story waiting to happen? To find out how Pluto ...