The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

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

Scientists have discovered a mysterious new object far beyond Neptune, and it could be one of the most distant dwarf planets ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

There’s a new object in the distant reaches of our solar system, and it might just offer clues to a long-standing cosmic ...

Astronomers have found a large world of ice and rock circling the Sun beyond the most distant planet ... But that is not to say that a new planet could not be found. Experts say there could be a Pluto ...

Cheng, together with graduate students from Princeton University, discovered the potential dwarf planet while searching for ...