Science textbooks may be in for another revision. Our solar system shrank from nine planets to eight after the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto in 2006. But there may yet be another ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists think there may be a ninth planet hiding in the distant reaches of the solar system — and a new telescope could finally ...

It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it. Some astronomers ...

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 OF201, ...

After studying thousands of computer simulations of the solar system, researchers at Rice University and the Planetary Science Institute think there’s a 40% chance an elusive “Planet Nine” or “Planet ...

Earlier this year scientists presented evidence for Planet Nine, a Neptune-mass planet in an elliptical orbit 10 times farther from our Sun than Pluto. Since then theorists have puzzled over how this ...

Astronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for almost a decade, without success. However, we may finally be on the cusp of finding it, experts say.