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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 ...
The newly discovered world — a "sednoid" — challenges what planetary scientists thought they knew about the edge of the solar ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
A newly found icy object, Ammonite, may be a 4-billion-year-old fossil from the Solar System’s edge—and it’s casting doubt on ...
Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine ...
Astronomers have discovered "Ammonite," a mysterious object on the solar system’s edge whose unusual orbit challenges current ...
Every once in a while, space gives us something totally unexpected. Well this time, the solar system is surprising us with a ...
The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.
In 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf ...
"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...
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 ...