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Newest Member Of The Solar System Just Announced – And It’s In An Extreme Orbit
T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...
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Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars
After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...
First-Ever Planet Found in the 'Forbidden Zone'—and It's Freezing
WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...
Could our solar system have 9 planets after all? Astronomers may have confirmed possible existence.
Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...
A 9th planet in our solar system? Jury’s out, but a candidate has emerged
Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner consistent with a large, distant planet.
New data confirms: There really is a planet squeezed in between two stars
The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting backward ...
GEMS out of this world: Astronomers find a new Saturn-like exoplanet around an M-dwarf star
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS). The ...
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"Improbable" Planet Is Orbiting A Stellar Odd-Couple The Wrong Way Round
Until not many years ago, scientists didn’t think planets could exist around a pair of stars. The complications from the ...