Planet Nine

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Want to find Planet Nine? Here's a treasure map.
Phil Plait
Aug 25, 2021
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New analysis weakens — but doesn't kill — the case for Planet Nine (UPDATED)
Phil Plait
Feb 16, 2021
Art depicting a hypothetical Planet Nine orbiting the Sun far beyond Neptune. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech / Robert Hurt
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Does Planet Nine exist? An alien world 300 light years away gives hope
Phil Plait
Dec 11, 2020
Artwork showing the super-Jupiter exoplanet HD 106906 b, orbiting over 100 billion km from its binary star host. A disk of planet-forming material surrounds the stars, indicating their young age. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
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Was the Sun once part of a binary star system?
Phil Plait
Aug 25, 2020
Artwork depicting a second sun, a binary companion to the Sun that may have existed billions of years ago. Credit: M. Weiss
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Has the Sun captured dozens of asteroids from another star? Wellll…
Phil Plait
Apr 28, 2020
Artwork of a possible planet far, far away. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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Could TESS have already seen Planet Nine?
Phil Plait
Nov 7, 2019
Artwork depicting Planet Nine, a theorized super-Earth orbiting the Sun several tens of billions of kilometers out. Observations of distant icy worlds imply this planet exists.
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Does Planet 9 Exist? <All signs (still) point to 'yes'>
Phil Plait
Feb 25, 2019
Artwork of a possible planet far, far away. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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Meet your very, *very* distant solar system neighbor 2018 VG18
Phil Plait
Dec 18, 2018
Artwork depicting the extremely distant Kuiper Belt Object 2018 VG18. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science
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A newly discovered *extremely* distant icy world points to Planet 9
Phil Plait
Oct 2, 2018
Artwork depicting Planet Nine, a theorized super-Earth orbiting the Sun several tens of billions of kilometers out. Observations of distant icy worlds imply this planet exists.
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Theoretical Planet Nine may be our solar system's Rogue One
Elizabeth Rayne
Jan 21, 2017
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