A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

The unusual orbit of a possible dwarf planet, known as 2017 OF201, makes it less likely that our solar system contains a ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

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

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

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 ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

Astronomers have identified a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, located far beyond Pluto. Its enormous size, comparable to dwarf planets, and hi ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...