Have We Miscounted the Solar System?

There may be at least two more planets beyond Neptune.

by Rod D. Martin
January 17, 2015

Scientists at Cambridge and Madrid believe there could be at least two more planets beyond Neptune that no one knows about, according to reports from Phys.org.

The researchers' data greatly contradicts current theories of the Solar System's formation (but so did Galileo's data, so we shouldn't be too worked up over that), and if borne out would cause a revolution in the field. And of course a bit more practically, the data indicates we may have an awful lot to learn about our own neighborhood, even at a time when scientists are routinely discovering planets orbiting distant stars.

What a fantastic time to be alive!