Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

Scientists examined infrared space surveys to narrow down candidates for Planet 9. Planet 9 would be so far from the Sun that it is just not illuminated by much sunlight. The two space surveys, ...

Astronomers continue the search for a massive unseen planet that could reshape our understanding of the solar system.

Astronomers believe there is a Planet Nine in the outer solar system beyond Neptune. A team led by Amos Chen from the National Tsing Hua University, is searching for Planet Nine’s heat signature. When ...

Researchers for objects that moved slowly between IRAS and AKARI detections. IRAS and AKARI are far-infrared, all-sky surveys completed 23 years apart. They looked in the Kuiper belt. They produced ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planet Nine is a hypothesized massive planet, first proposed in 2014, that is speculated to orbit ...

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Some scientists are convinced that beyond Neptune, there's a planet they've yet to see. This so-called "Planet 9" is so far away, it would be a faint object. The stretch of sky researchers would have ...

Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London, where he worked on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease and Fragile X syndrome.

This is an image of Ceres, the nearest dwarf planet to Earth in the solar system. A new dwarf planet extremely far from the sun may have just been discovered. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / ...