Using two infrared space telescopes and a 23-year gap, scientists may have spotted a mysterious, slow-moving object beyond ...

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

A ninth planet the size of Neptune may be hidden in the far reaches of the solar system, but the evidence has left some experts skeptical.

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

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The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a potential candidate for the elusive Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet located far beyond ...

The presence of another planet in the solar system could explain the odd movements of some of the bodies in the Kuiper Belt.

If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth.

Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner consistent with a large, distant planet.

Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, ...