The very solid science and technology website has Ars Technica reports on speculation about another planet far from the sun, in the Oort cloud. They consider the speculation, and the quality of information behind the frenzy:
On February 14th, the UK’s Daily Mail reported the possible discovery of a planet four times bigger than Jupiter and lurking in the outer solar system. From there, the story quickly spread like a wildfire on the Internet, seeing coverage by mainstream outlets including the Huffington Post and TIME online. The tone of various news stories varied from “Tyche, Giant Hidden Planet, May Exist In Our Solar System” (The Huffington Post) to “Astronomers Question Existence of Solar System’s Mystery Planet Tyche” (Fox News). So, is there really a new planet lying out there?
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