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Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans
A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...
Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...
Potential discovery of new dwarf planet adds wrinkle to Planet Nine theory
Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN1d
An Extreme Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Our Understanding of the Solar System’s Outer Frontiers
OF201 spends only 1% of its orbital time close enough to us to be detectable. The presence of this single object suggests ...
Dozens of NASA space missions could be axed under Trump's budget: Here's a look at 6
Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space
As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...
Astronomers Think They've Discovered a New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.
Pluto's 'extreme cousin' is a dwarf planet found at the far reaches of our solar system
A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...
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Astronomers detect possible new dwarf planet at solar system's edge
Scientists have discovered a colossal object approximately 435 miles wide in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, ...
Possible new dwarf planet spotted near the edge of the solar system
Given the name 2017 OF201, the object falls into a category called trans-Neptunian objects that orbit the sun at a distance ...
New York Post3d
Potential discovery of new dwarf planet adds wrinkle to Planet Nine theory
A team of scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences in Princeton, New Jersey, might have found a new dwarf planet, potentially leading to more evidence of a ...