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Evidence of ninth planet in solar system found, nicknamed 'Planet Nine
Our solar system may host a ninth planet that is 10 times the mass of the Earth and takes up to 20,…
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Planet 9, our solar system's mysterious missing world, could be an ancient black hole orbiting the sun, a new paper suggests
The scientists behind the new study say that direct observations of the mysterious object - if ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Is it Planet 9 or Planet X? Scientists spar over what to call the solar system's hypothetical missing world
Stern is an ardent defender of Pluto's planethood. In 2015, shortly after New Horizons flew past Pl…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers found new evidence that a giant ghost planet may lurk in our solar system
Scientists have been searching for a "Planet Nine," or a large planet farther from the sun than Nep…
Jeremy Berke
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A newly discovered space object called 'Farfarout' is the most distant thing in our solar system
It takes Farfarout 1,000 years to orbit the sun. Distant objects like this could help astronomers i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Over 100 new minor planets found at edge of solar system
Astronomers have discovered more than 100 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located…
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Scientists just found a dozen new moons around Jupiter - including one they're calling an 'oddball'
The team that discovered the moons was searching for a hypothetical massive planet that might exist…
Kevin Loria
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Astronomers just discovered a 9th planet in our solar system for the first time in nearly 170 years
"You can think of them like different hands on the clock," Mike Brown, an astronomer at the Califor…
Jessica Orwig
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There's a mysterious object doing a crazy loop around our solar system - and scientists have no idea what it is
Scientists noticed that rebel Niku seems to be hanging around a gang of other strangely aligned obj…
Ali Sundermier
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Scavenger hunt for Planet X just dropped another clue
So far three dwarf planets, including the Goblin, have been found in the fringes of our solar …
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Astronomers just discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter
Our solar system is already teaming with nearly 200 moons, and we just got 12 more to add to the li…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Here's how astronomers think they can prove that the new planet 9 on the edge of our solar system exists
Sadly, Brown and Batygin don't think the planet is currently in the part of its orbit that would br…
Kelly Dickerson
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Spike Lee Is The Next Big-Name In Film Turning To Kickstarter To Fund A Movie
The lowest amount support can pledge is $5, that will get you a special thanks tweet from Lee and a…
Kevin Smith
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Here's What It Would Look Like If Saturn Flew Past Earth Closer Than The Moon
This month Saturn is closer to the Earth then it will be all year, making it appear particularly br…