A recently discovered celestial body is rewriting our knowledge of the Kuiper Belt and maybe challenging the existence of the ...

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

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have ...

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

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 ...

OF201 is incredibly lightweight on a cosmic scale. Scientists estimate its mass is about 20,000 times less than Earth's and ...

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

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

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

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