Read my full story:buff.ly/3hmXuT2⠀ ⠀ Last week, Brown and Batygin published a new paper on the arxiv server that has also been accepted in The Astronomical Journal, and in it, they reexamined the data to account for any possible biases. What they found was that the clustering is still statistically significant with only a 0.4% chance of it being random. Then they recalculated where to look for Planet 9 and narrowed the field down even further than they had five years ago. Planet 9 may actually be closer than previously thought.⠀ ⠀ Now we wait for the Vera Rubin Observatory to come online to see if Mike Brown can make a mess of our solar system once again. I, for one, will joyfully welcome Planet 9 to the party, so fingers crossed!⠀ ⠀ IMAGE: The possible orbit of Planet Nine. CREDIT: CalTech/R. Hurt (IPAC)⠀ ⠀ #medium #planet9 #planetnine #solarsystem #science #astronomy #planetaryscience #research #caltech #plutokiller