Discovery of new dwarf planet hints at other objects in solar system
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 19:10
in Astronomy & Space
The movements of a newly discovered dwarf planet beyond Pluto's orbit, dubbed 2012 VP113, suggest that a mysterious frontier of the solar system may include a planet much larger than Earth. Planet-hunters scouring the heavens have found thousands of distant worlds around other stars, but astronomers may have overlooked one lurking much closer to home.