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

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

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

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

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...

A newly identified dwarf planet, named 2017 OF201, has been discovered in the distant outer reaches of the solar system.

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

The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ...