Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy bodies that holds the secrets to the solar system’s formation.

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

In 2016, scientists Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin suggested that an unseen Planet Nine could explain the unusual ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at Caltech, discovered another small world called Eris in the Kuiper Belt — a vast ring of icy objects beyond Neptune’s orbit that also happens to be ...

The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

Unusual gravitational effects and strange orbital patterns observed in the Kuiper Belt have intensified speculation. NASA is ...

When you get out past the planets of our solar system and keep going, you will eventually enter the Kuiper belt, which has ...

The search for Planet Nine, a hidden world beyond Neptune, is heating up as scientists prepare to use a powerful new telescope.

This hypothetical Neptune-sized planet would circle our Sun on a highly elongated path, far beyond Pluto. It could have a ...