Tag: Astronomical Journal

Two Japanese astronomers have found possible evidence of an “Earth-like planet” within our solar system. The planet has been residing in the Kuiper Belt, which is a circumstellar disk composed of objects in the outer solar system, beginning just past the orbit of Neptune. Like the planets, material in the Kuiper belt orbits the Sun.“We predict the existence of Earth-like planets,” said the Japanese researchers, adding, “It's possible that a body of a primordial planet can survive in the far Kuiper Belt as a KBP, as so many...