Claims about new planets that turned out to be wrong—and why 'Planet Nine' may be different
Monday, January 25, 2016 - 08:11
in Astronomy & Space
There's a real buzz among planetary scientists after a new study suggested that an unseen planet, dubbed "Planet Nine", of about ten times the Earth's mass could be lurking in the Kuiper belt, a band of icy objects beyond Neptune. The latest theory was put forward after scientists noticed that six objects in the belt were behaving strangely, something that they said could be explained by the existence of a new planet.