A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

A newly discovered warp in the outer Solar System may have been created by a small, rocky world, much closer to the Sun than ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The orbit of the newly detected dwarf planet ‘Ammonite’ (2023 KQ14, shown in red) compared to the ...

Astronomers have a potential Planet Nine candidate, detected via infrared radiation. This candidate's orbit is very different from what's predicted for Planet Nine. The candidate may be a false ...

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 ...

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it. Some astronomers ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new world hiding out beyond Pluto. While exciting, the discovery of this new world could challenge long-standing theories of the existence of Planet Nine. In fact, ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and Earth. The authors dubbed it Planet Y.

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 ...

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 theoretical ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...