The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ...
A leading scientist has told Newsweek about new evidence supporting the existence of a secret ninth planet lurking at the edge of our solar system. This hypothetical extra planet, often referred to as ...
Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances – in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a ...
If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth. The best candidate yet for the elusive Planet Nine has been spotted in two ...
Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Galileo Galilei, a mathematician at the University of Padua, trained a spyglass of his own creation on the sky, he was overwhelmed ...
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our ...