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A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...
There are currently no other explanations for the effects that we see, nor for the myriad other P9-induced effects we see on ...
Ammonite was discovered using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, with follow-up confirmation from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Its orbit and size ...
Ever since the International Astronomical Union recognized Haumea and Makemake as dwarf planets in 2008, University of Maine ...
How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on ...
Astronomers have confirmed a fifth planet orbiting the nearby red dwarf L9859, which lies in the star's habitable zone. The newly detected world, L9859f, is a super-Earth with a minimum mass of 2.8 ...
For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...
Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar ...
An international team led by the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) and Montreal published the first results today from the NIRPS ...
Researchers studied the L 98-59 system and confirmed five rocky planets. One is in the habitable zone and may support liquid water.
The dwarf planet, named 2015 RR245 for now, has an unusual orbit — it's very large and looping, and takes 700 years to travel around the sun. The researchers estimate that little 2015 RR245 is ...