Saturday Citations: Wages vs. Welfare; Origins of Teeth; a Search for Primordial Black Holes

Saturday Citations: Wages vs. welfare; origins of teeth; a search for primordial black holes

A new study of the Gobi Wall in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia reveals a multifunctional role beyond defense; data from the James Webb Space Telescope is bringing physicists closer to resolving the Hubble tension; and a U.S.-based team of astronomers stumbled on a new dwarf planet in the outer solar system while searching for Planet Nine.

Twist in search for mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ in the dark depths of our solar system

Planet Nine, also called Planet X, has never been caught on a telescope (Picture: Getty Images/Science Photo Libra) Scientists hunting for Planet Nine, an elusive planetary body that could change our understanding of the solar system, have found something. Planet X is a hypothetical planet seven times the mass of Earth tucked just behind Pluto. Despite possibly being the fifth most massive planet, scientists have never tracked the white whale of…

They were looking for a ninth planet in our solar system, but finally came across something else.

Astronomers May Have Found New Dwarf Planet And It’s Casting Doubt On Planet Nine Theory

Astronomers find potential new dwarf planet 2017 OF201, challenging theories and raising questions about our solar system's outskirts.

Search for elusive "Planet Nine" takes surprising twist, astronomers say

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

They were looking for the mysterious “new planet.” But instead, a group of American scientists believe they have discovered a new dwarf planet in the confines of the solar system.