Scientists discover new 'planet'

A MYSTERIOUS red "planet" has been discovered in our solar system, American scientists announced last night.

Scientists discover new 'planet'

NASA researchers revealed details of the heavenly body seen orbiting Earth's sun.

Named Sedna, after the Inuit goddess of the ocean, the planetoid is eight billion miles away in the furthest reaches of the solar system, three times the distance from Earth than Pluto.

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