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 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 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 ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet, named 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto's orbit. It takes 25,000 years to orbit ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

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

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

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

But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit circumnavigates the sun once every 25,000 years, taking it ...