Astronomers are getting closer to discovering the elusive and mysterious Planet Nine after 139 "minor planets" were discovered past Neptune's orbit. These objects, ones "that were not previously ...

Rad New Planet: A BYU Scientist's Astronomical Honor. Video produced by BYU Video. BYU planetary geology professor Jani Radebaugh’s contributions to planetary science have reached cosmic proportions ...

Astronomers have discovered 139 new “minor planets” in our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. These small objects could provide clues as to whether the mysterious Planet Nine, a hypothesized ...

In the far reaches of the solar system, beyond Neptune, there is a minor planet orbiting the sun in a sea of icy debris. Humans have known about the reddish, round object for more than a decade. Since ...

Back in 2007, scientists discovered a new minor planet in our solar system, out beyond Neptune. And they named it ... 2007 OR10. Now, 10 years later, we can finally correct that mistake. On Wednesday, ...

Well over 100 new minor planets have been discovered in our solar system, in the darkness out beyond the orbit of Neptune. The discoveries were made by sifting through several years’ worth of data ...

While the coronavirus outbreak is dominating the global news cycle, a team of astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered 139 minor planets — too small to be a proper a planet, but ...

More than a decade ago, scientists discovered a minor planet in the outer reaches of the solar system, which was assigned the name (225088) 2007 OR10 by default. Fast forward to the present, and the ...

Scientists have surprised themselves by finding over 100 minor planets at the edge of our solar system. The experts worked with data collected during the Dark Energy Survey to successfully identify ...