Ever since the serendipitous discovery of planet Uranus in 1871,
astronomers have been hunting for new worlds in the outer regions of our
solar system. This exciting and ongoing quest culminated recently in the
discovery of hundreds of ice dwarfs in the Kuiper belt, robbed Pluto
from its 'planet' status, and led to a better understanding of the
origin of the solar system.
This timely book reads like a scientific 'who done it', going from the
heights of discovery to the depths of disappointment in the hunt for
'Planet X'. Based on many personal interviews with astronomers, the
well-known science writer Govert Schilling introduces the heroes in the
race to be the first in finding another world, bigger than Pluto.