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Astronomers Skeptical Over "Planet X" Claims
Two controversial new studies suggest the discovery of large objects at the outer reaches of the solar system
By Lee Billings on December 10, 2015



This artist's rendition depicts the dwarf planet Eris, a trans-Neptunian object discovered in 2003 that eventually unseated Pluto from its planetary status. Many astronomers suspect other, even larger worlds may exist in the darkness at the far reaches of the solar system.
Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech