Astronomers are getting closer to discovering the elusive and mysterious Planet Nine after 139 "minor planets" were discovered past Neptune's orbit. These objects, ones "that were not previously ...

Rad New Planet: A BYU Scientist's Astronomical Honor. Video produced by BYU Video. BYU planetary geology professor Jani Radebaugh’s contributions to planetary science have reached cosmic proportions ...

Astronomers have discovered 139 new “minor planets” in our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. These small objects could provide clues as to whether the mysterious Planet Nine, a hypothesized ...

A minor planet that lies beyond Neptune’s orbit has no name—much like a certain Game of Thrones character, if you will. In 2007, astronomers discovered the minor planet in the Kuiper belt, a ...

Well over 100 new minor planets have been discovered in our solar system, in the darkness out beyond the orbit of Neptune. The discoveries were made by sifting through several years’ worth of data ...