Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...

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.

Webb has captured a frigid exoplanet in a wildly tilted orbit, revealing a system shaped by past planetary violence and ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region thought to be largely devoid of objects ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Being that close to the star means that the temperatures there would be epic, at almost 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, with the planet covered in magma which is boiling away into space. “The extent ...

Other planets could have reached this tipping point much sooner. Breaking space news ... findings are described in the team's conference abstract. Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist ...

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