Astronomers have discovered a possible new dwarf planet orbiting far beyond Pluto. First detected in March 2023 by Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, this object has been dubbed 2023 KQ14 and ...

Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.

Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii detected a faint, icy body. Now named 2023 KQ14, or Ammonite, it lies well beyond Pluto.

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

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

Would one frozen world, just visible on the rim of the Sun’s kingdom, turn decades of speculation on the concealed layout of ...

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

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 ...

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, ...

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 ...

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