Researchers found the object named 2017 OF201 while searching for "Planet Nine" - a hypothetical planet thought to exist ...

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

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

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...

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

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

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

A new dwarf planet discovery in the outer solar system is challenging the long-standing theory of a hidden giant planet ...

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 at around the same size as Neptune, far past ...

The new object, named 2017 OF201, was discovered by researchers ... 2017 OF201 is about one-third the size of Pluto, which was reclassified as a dwarf planet in August 2006, and "is likely large ...