Forget Planet Nine! Scientists say an Earth-like world could be hiding within our Solar System
1 year, 3 months ago

Forget Planet Nine! Scientists say an Earth-like world could be hiding within our Solar System

Daily Mail  

Japanese astronomers propose another planet that's closer than Planet Nine For years, astronomers have teased the concept of another world in our solar system, commonly referred to as Planet Nine. 'The orbits of trans-Neptunian objects can indicate the existence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system,' the Japanese team say. The experts think the Earth-like planet resides in the belt, closer to the sun than the hypothesised location of Planet Nine An Earth-like planet can explain three fundamental properties of the distant Kuiper Belt, including a 'significant population of high-inclination objects' What are Trans Neptunian objects? If it exists, Planet Nine is in the outer reaches of our own solar system, beyond the Kuiper Belt, rather than within it.

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Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “There are definitely full-blown skeptics about Planet Nine — it’s kind of a contentious topic,” Rice said. But Batygin and his team ran computer simulations to test this scenario versus the presence of Planet Nine, and they found that a solar system without the hidden planet is “strongly refuted by the data.” …

Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?
7 months ago

Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?

ABC  

In short: A new study, yet to be peer reviewed, builds on years of evidence suggesting a ninth planet exists in the Solar System. "I don't see how we can have a Solar System without Planet Nine," Professor Brown says. But eight years after Professor Brown and Dr Batygin's first Planet Nine study, "I think there is more acceptance that …

How ‘missing’ Planet Nine would change the world for girls
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How ‘missing’ Planet Nine would change the world for girls

The Independent  

Last month saw an abundance – a positive meteor shower! The discovery of the possible location of a ninth planet in our solar system remind us that there’s still so much to explore. It’s easy to imagine all the big questions have been answered by now, but discoveries like Planet Nine show we’re just getting started. That’s exactly why my …

Scientists discover possible location of ninth planet in Solar System
10 months ago

Scientists discover possible location of ninth planet in Solar System

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The solar system is very difficult to understand without Planet Nine,” study co-author Mike Brown from Caltech …

Planet Nine could be surrounded by up to 20 hot moons
1 year, 10 months ago

Planet Nine could be surrounded by up to 20 hot moons

Daily Mail  

It has been six years since astronomers found strong evidence that a mysterious ninth planet might exist at the far reaches of our solar system. Experts say Planet Nine could be surrounded by up to 20 hot moons measuring around 62 miles -wide, which could be the key to confirming the mysterious world's existence. Peculiar: The theoretical Planet Nine that …

Caltech Astronomers Claim They Know Where to Look in the Sky to Find 'Planet Nine'
3 years, 3 months ago

Caltech Astronomers Claim They Know Where to Look in the Sky to Find 'Planet Nine'

News 18  

Two astronomers at the California Institute of Technology in the United States, have plotted the probability distribution function of the orbit of Planet Nine – a hypothetical planet that lies beyond Neptune in our solar system and could have a mass six times of Earth. Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have been working for five years to find …

Astronomers discover exoplanet that behaves like long theorized Planet Nine
4 years ago

Astronomers discover exoplanet that behaves like long theorized Planet Nine

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Space Agency’s Hubble Space Telescope have helped astronomers and astronauts identify a bizarre exoplanet that behaves a lot like the long hypothesised ‘Planet Nine’. However, for scientists to pinpoint the Jupiter-like planet’s orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope was required to collect accurate measurements of its motion over 14 years. Hubble scientists also …

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