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

Incredibly Rare Celestial Object May Change What We Know About Planet Nine Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.

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

The sednoid 2023 KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and aphelion that places it beyond the heliopause, and is ...

Ammonite is 71 times farther from the sun than the Earth – and that’s at its closest point in the celestial object’s orbit. So how did researchers spot the Sednoid? The newest member of the ...

Scientists have previously explained that a sednoid is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a large semi-major axis, a distant perihelion and a highly eccentric orbit.

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

Scientists have discovered a sednoid, named Ammonite, beyond Neptune. This icy object challenges existing theories about the outer solar system's formation.

KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite”, was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and aphelion that places it beyond the ...