{"id":72440,"date":"2024-07-10T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/it-doesnt-exist-new-study-challenges-elusive-planet-x-theory"},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:19:06","slug":"it-doesnt-exist-new-study-challenges-elusive-planet-x-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/it-doesnt-exist-new-study-challenges-elusive-planet-x-theory","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It Doesn&#8217;t Exist&#8217;: New Study Challenges Elusive Planet X Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The scientists pointed out that their work does not \u201cexplicitly rule out\u201d the hypothetical planet\u2019s existence, but rather shows that \u201cthere is no evidence to rule out the null hypothesis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists from Cornell University, led by Kevin Napier, has released a new, yet to be peer reviewed study that disputes evidence of the existence of the so-called Planet Nine or Planet X \u2013 a hypothetical planetary body that may or may not be lurking on the outskirts of our solar system beyond Neptune\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The long story short is, any evidence for Planet Nine is gone. 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