A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Every once in a while, space gives us something totally unexpected. Well this time, the solar system is surprising us with a ...

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

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 ...

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

Astronomers have spotted a distant celestial object named 'Ammonite' that could potentially debunk the existence of the theorized Planet Nine.

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