On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

Astronomers are gathering evidence of a massive hidden planet lurking beyond Neptune. Trump Cuts Millions After California ...

Far beyond Neptune, something massive may be warping the orbits of distant worlds. This film follows the scientists chasing ...

Astronomers believe there is a Planet Nine in the outer solar system beyond Neptune. A team led by Amos Chen from the National Tsing Hua University, is searching for Planet Nine’s heat signature. When ...

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 ...

Some scientists are convinced that beyond Neptune, there's a planet they've yet to see. This so-called "Planet 9" is so far away, it would be a faint object. The stretch of sky researchers would have ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new discovery may mean Planet Nine is cancelled. . | Credit: nagualdesign; Tom Ruen, background ...

On a mountaintop in Chile's sprawling Atacama Desert, a new telescope has turned its mechanical eyes to the heavens, stargazing with unprecedented intensity. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will take ...

"It's very rare to discover an object both large and with an exotic orbit." A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...