Program: NOVA | Type: Clip | Aired: 2019-06-10

Inside the Search for Planet Nine

Follow two astronomers, Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin, as they’re on the hunt for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet at the edge of our solar system.

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Inside the Search for Planet Nine