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

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...

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

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

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the ...

A newly identified dwarf planet, named 2017 OF201, has been discovered in the distant outer reaches of the solar system.

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

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

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.

The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ...

Scientists' hunt for a mysterious planet at the edge of our solar system might have turned up results. A US-trio appears to ...