Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stopped classifying Pluto as our solar system’s ninth planet and demoted its ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant, as it challenges the hypothesis of Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet thought to exist in the outer Solar System.

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...

Scientists believe such an extreme orbit means the object was pushed and pulled by the gravity of giant planets like Jupiter ...

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

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 ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

Elon Musk, under the username "Kekius Maximus," has joined William Shatner in advocating for Pluto's reclassification as a ...