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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 ...
Every once in a while, space gives us something totally unexpected. Well this time, the solar system is surprising us with a ...
The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...
A team led by Wang Shiang-yu (王祥宇) and Chen Ying-tung (陳英同) of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Academia Sinica ...
Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis.
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 ...
Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was discovered using wide-field imaging. The Subaru Telescope has spotted a distant ...
Astronomers have spotted a distant celestial object named 'Ammonite' that could potentially debunk the existence of the theorized Planet Nine.
In 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf ...
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 ...
Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis.