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 ...

In the icy, dark expanse beyond Neptune, a cosmic fossil has surfaced that threatens to upset decades-old assumptions about the solar system’s secret structure. The new discovery of “Ammonite,” a ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Scientists have discovered a sednoid, named Ammonite, beyond Neptune. This icy object challenges existing theories about the outer solar system's formation.

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could have shaped the orbits of the TNOs and Sednoids. However, Ammonite is ...

The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.

Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed ...

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In 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf ...

Researchers just got a step closer to understanding the origins of our solar system, with the discovery of an object orbiting ...