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

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

Astronomers in the United States have announced the discovery of the "10th planet" to orbit our Sun. The largest object found in our Solar System since Neptune in 1846, it was first seen in 2003 - but ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

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

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might still be ... even called it the “tenth planet” in accompanying NASA press materials. At that time it was thought to be slightly ...

One set of dots had matching colors and brightness. open image in gallery Is there a possible ninth planet in our solar system? Researchers say they may have found a candidate (Credit: ESO/Tom ...