Scientists may add a new dwarf planet to the official roster of our solar system. The distant, icy body, provisionally dubbed ...

On Tuesday astronomers at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet candidate in a distant ...

A large icy world beyond Pluto could join the dwarf planet roster. Rubin observations and older images traced its orbit, but ...

2026 ED138 joins a tribe of potential dwarf planets on the edge of our solar system — and Rubin's astronomers are likely to ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has found a large object that scientists have identified as a possible dwarf planet. A ...

Astronomers using the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified a major new world lurking in the outer space reaches ...

The object, known for now as 2026 ED138, is one of the first discoveries by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

The bright object, known as 2026 ED138 for now, is among the seven largest objects identified in the outer solar system so ...

Learn about the recently discovered trans-Neptunian object that may eventually join Pluto as a dwarf planet, found at the edge of our solar system. So many unexplored secrets still lie at the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune. (photo credit: Sihao Cheng et al) The researchers said 2017 ...