For educational use only.<br /><br />Caltech's Konstantin Batygin, an assistant professor of planetary science, and Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy, discuss new research that provides evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system.<br /><br />Read the Caltech News Story: http://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-r...<br /><br />Learn more about:<br />- Mike Brown's research: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown<br />- Konstantin Batygin's research: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~kbatygin<br /><br />Attributions:<br />- Artist's concept and animation: Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) & WorldWide Telescope<br />- Images: NASA, Keck Observatory, Cerro Tolo Observatory<br />- Motion graphics & editing: Caltech AMT<br /><br />Produced in partnership with Caltech Academic Media Technologies and the Office of Strategic Communications. ©2016 California Institute of Technology
