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New ICE deportation operation and possible dwarf planet discovery: Morning Rundown
A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Donald Trump’s focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement.
Accidental discovery at New York planetarium unlocks secret into universe’s inner workings
Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.
Planet Nine of Solar System? Scientists Discover Possible New Dwarf Planet Beyond Neptune [Read More]
For the unversed, "Planet Nine" is a hypothetical planet which is reportedly larger than Earth that is thought to orbit ...
Goodbye to our Solar System as we know it: Astronomers confirm there is a new planet orbiting the Sun beyond Pluto
The universe is a complete unknown to humans. We are not yet able to control and understand the system in which Earth is located, as evidenced by the possible discovery made by a g ...
Potential discovery of new dwarf planet adds wrinkle to Planet Nine theory
Discovery of 2017OF201, a large trans-Neptune Object, challenges previous beliefs about the Kuiper Belt and hints at the ...
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Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space
As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...
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. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...