OF201 spends only 1% of its orbital time close enough to us to be detectable. The presence of this single object suggests ...

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

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 ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

OF201 is incredibly lightweight on a cosmic scale. Scientists estimate its mass is about 20,000 times less than Earth’s and ...

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

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

There’s a new object in the distant reaches of our solar system, and it might just offer clues to a long-standing cosmic ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...