You can help find Planet Nine from Outer Space through citizen science

By Marcus Strom
Updated February 16 2017 - 3:24pm, first published 2:19pm
Mike Brown, professor of planetary astronomy, and Konstantin Batygin, assistant professor of planetary science, at the California Institute of Technology, published the first indirect evidence for planet nine in 2016. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / The Washington Post
Mike Brown, professor of planetary astronomy, and Konstantin Batygin, assistant professor of planetary science, at the California Institute of Technology, published the first indirect evidence for planet nine in 2016. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / The Washington Post
Mike Brown, professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, points to the gold ring showing a potential orbital path of planet nine in relation to the orbits of 'Trans-Neptunian Objects'. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / The Washington Post
Mike Brown, professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, points to the gold ring showing a potential orbital path of planet nine in relation to the orbits of 'Trans-Neptunian Objects'. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / The Washington Post
Part of the Backyard Worlds project to identify Planet Nine and brown dwarfs from images taken by NASA's WISE telescope.
Part of the Backyard Worlds project to identify Planet Nine and brown dwarfs from images taken by NASA's WISE telescope.

It seems something is lurking out there but stargazers don't know what it is.

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