That region lies far beyond Pluto, where sunlight barely reaches ... it gives researchers the best chance yet to confirm whether Planet Y is real. The observatory’s unique power lies in its ability to ...

NASA has released a new video showing what it might be like to land on Pluto with a brand-new view of the dwarf planet's surface. The space agency’s New Horizons spacecraft spent about six weeks in a ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Samantha Lawler, Assistant professor, Astronomy, ...

Ever since the cameras of NASA's New Horizons mission discovered a large heart-shaped structure on the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto in 2015, this "heart" has puzzled scientists because of its ...

Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the distant solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a ...

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Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is suspected to be causing unusual orbital tilts in distant Kuiper Belt Objects.