Secret Planet Beyond Neptune: 5 Things You Didn’t Know
The elusive ninth planet in our solar system has not shown itself to scientist just yet, but as more evidence is compiled, the possibility is increasing. Using their estimates, astrophysicists were able to paint a general picture of what this mysterious rock beyond Neptune may look like. Here are five things about it that you may not have known. 1. … Continue reading
Researchers See Signs of a Real Planet X
By California Institute of Technology, Pasadena The gravitational tug on outer solar system objects indicates this giant world — if it exists — would be 5,000 times more massive than Pluto and take up to 20,000 years to orbit the Sun. Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the distant solar … Continue reading
Planet X – 9th Planet? Astronomers Say A Neptune-Sized Planet DOES Lurks Beyond Pluto
By Eric Hand – Sciencemag.org The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, they say, the giant planet was knocked out of the planet-forming region near the sun. … Continue reading
