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 ...

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

Astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet, provisionally named 2017 OF201, located in the remote outskirts of ...

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

As jail population management coordinator, retired Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter’s goal is to reduce the number of people ...

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

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...

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

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

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

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