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Astronomers Think They've Discovered a New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.
Pluto's 'extreme cousin' is a dwarf planet found at the far reaches of our solar system
A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...
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New dwart planet beyond Pluto discovered, could rewrite solar system map
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...
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Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Neptune
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...
The solar system officially has a new, extraordinarily dwarf member: “suggests it may be more populated than we thought”
A new member of the solar system has been detected, the second-largest of its kind, suggesting there may be more like it ...
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Scientists Discover New Dwarf Planet in Solar System, Far Beyond Pluto
In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...
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New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system
The unusual orbit of a possible dwarf planet, known as 2017 OF201, makes it less likely that our solar system contains a ...
An extreme cousin for Pluto? Possible dwarf planet discovered at solar system's edge
A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...
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Does our solar system have a new dwarf planet?
On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...
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Pluto's 'extreme cousin' is a dwarf planet found at the far reaches of our solar system
The new object could also challenge the hypothesis that there's a "Planet X" or "Planet Nine" beyond Pluto, with gravity affecting dwarf planets and other objects in the Kuiper Belt. That's ...