Astronomers believe there is evidence for a large distant planet in our solar system that hasn't been spotted yet.
Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown of the California Institute of Technology published their findings in The Astronomical Journal. The so-called Planet X, or Planet Nine, is thought to have 10 times the mass of Earth.
They have been observing the Kuiper Belt, a distant band of objects beyond Neptune. A grouping of objects within the belt have very distinct alignments, which they say point to a large planet. The team says that there's only a 0.007 percent chance that this grouping is a coincidence.
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Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown of the California Institute of Technology published their findings in The Astronomical Journal. The so-called Planet X, or Planet Nine, is thought to have 10 times the mass of Earth.
They have been observing the Kuiper Belt, a distant band of objects beyond Neptune. A grouping of objects within the belt have very distinct alignments, which they say point to a large planet. The team says that there's only a 0.007 percent chance that this grouping is a coincidence.
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