Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the existence of a theoretical Planet Nine.

A newly identified dwarf planet, named 2017 OF201, has been discovered in the distant outer reaches of the solar system.

The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ...

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

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

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A massive exoplanet 750 light-years away is shrouded in near-total darkness—its atmosphere so black, it reflects almost no ...