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

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

Ammonite joins a tiny group of celestial oddities. It's the fourth known sednoid, a type of distant object with an unusual orbit. Sednoids move far beyond Neptune, the outermost known planet.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, which could be bad news for Planet Nine theories.