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 ...

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

OF201, a distant dwarf planet candidate with a rare orbit that questions the existence and stability of the Planet Nine theory.

Less than 1% of this dwarf planet candidate's orbit is close enough to detect, which means astronomers are lucky to have ...

WASHINGTON: A group of scientists has found a strange new object about 435 miles wide at the far edge of the solar system. It ...

OF201, a possible dwarf planet with a 25,000-year orbit, challenging theories about Planet Nine and the solar system’s edge.

They said: ‘The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant because it’s found in a region of the Solar System thought to be empty ...

In January, the Trump administration halted disbursement of funds from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known ...

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.