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What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...
TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...
James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...
Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...
A possible dwarf planet, like Pluto, has been observed in our solar system, according to a preprint published in arXiv. The area of space where this planet was found was previously thought empty.
The dwarf planet candidate’s closest point to the sun is about 7 billion kilometers, roughly 45 times that of Earth’s distance. One trip around the sun takes more than 24,000 years.
Potential discovery of new dwarf planet adds wrinkle to Planet Nine theory 017OF201 is a trans-Neptune object with a unique orbit located past the Kuiper Belt. By Nick Butler Fox News.
Scientists Discover New Dwarf Planet Challenging Planet Nine Theory Newly discovered dwarf planet is Named 2017 OF201, the new object is roughly 700 kilometres (430 miles) across according to a ...
All 19 detections of the dwarf planet 2017 OF201, from August 2011 to October 2018. Credit... Cheng et al., arxiv.org, 2025. By Kenneth Chang.
Astronomers have indeed discovered a potential new dwarf planet in the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond Pluto. This object, named 2017 OF201, is estimated to be approximately 700 ...
Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...
After six years Chiron, the planet of healing and knowledge finally catches up with the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos who has been in your work sector for over nine decades.