A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond ...
Growing up, I was taught that there were nine planets in the solar system. That all changed in 2006, when the International ...
A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as ...
January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and when to catch the event.
The potential discovery of a large planet beyond Neptune’s orbit could change everything we know about the Solar System.
Known as Planet Nine or Planet X, it is a hypothetical planet that has long been rumoured to exist in the outer solar system. Although "several claims to have found an extra planet have been made ...
Aside from the solar system once again having nine planets—which it had before Pluto’s demotion in 2006—the discovery of a distant Earth-mass planet would have profound implications for ...
From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor lists his favorite stories of 2024. When you purchase through links on ...
often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. If confirmed, this discovery could reshape the understanding of planetary systems, according to CNN. The search began in 2014 when astronomers Scott ...
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a ‘dwarf planet’, and our Solar System dropped from having nine planets to eight.
Growing up, I was taught that there were nine planets in the solar system. That all changed in 2006, when the International Astronomical Union voted to demote Pluto’s status to that of dwarf planet.