A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

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

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

Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...

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

A US-based trio hunting this elusive world has stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer ...

The researchers said 2017 OF201 was identified in observations by telescopes in Chile and Hawaii spanning seven years.

The five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union are Pluto, Ceres ... implications for understanding our solar system beyond the known planets—and the search for ...

Astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet, provisionally named 2017 OF201, located in the remote outskirts of ...

The astronomical union has only officially recognized five dwarf planets: Pluto, Eris, the large asteroid Ceres and two other objects beyond Neptune, Haumea and Makemake. But according to Dr ...