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 ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

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

Researchers discovered a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, potentially a dwarf planet, in the outer solar system.

Astronomers have found a new minor planet beyond Pluto. This object, named 2017 OF201, is quite large. It orbits far from the ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

The discovery challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis, which suggests a massive, unseen planet is influencing the orbits of distant TNOs. While most extreme TNOs show a clustered pattern that supports ...

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

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