Entire science community was surprised last month whentwo Caltech astronomers claimed that they have foundninth planet of our solar system, approximately 20 timesfurther than Neptune. Now, NASA’s Cassini probe is goingto help astronomers locate the elusive planet far beyondthe orbit of Pluto.

Presence of Planet Nine hypothesized by Caltechastronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin is based on modeling, not directobservations. But the duo predicted that the search of the elusive planet can benarrowed with the help of some good quality telescopes.

Another team of astronomers stated that the possible ninth planet with a mass 10times that of earth could affect other planets’ motions. They said observations theyhave made are based on data from Cassini probe. It guides researchers where exactlyto search for the elusive ninth planet, the astronomers added.

The Cassini probe of the NASA has been studying the gas giant Saturn and its naturalsatellites since its arrival in 2005. The spacecraft has already captured manybreathtaking images of the planet and collected important data about it and its moons.The information sent by the probe to a team of scientists here on earth has been usedto create a model of the solar system that can track the movement of its largest bodieshovering in the observable universe.

Caltech astronomers predicted the presence of Planet Nine by observing orbits of sixrelatively large space bodies from Kuiper Belt. Many scientists are hopeful that theremay be a hidden planet. But, there are some space experts too who think theobservations by astronomers could be wrong. Now, only observational evidence cansettle the debate and prove whether our solar system has nine planets or not.