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Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space
While the James Webb Space Telescope looks for the most distant galaxies ever seen, astronomers have discovered something new ...
Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...
Search for elusive "Planet Nine" takes surprising twist, astronomers say
U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.
The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise
It's an evocative idea that has long bedeviled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the ...
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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 ...
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.
Space.com on MSN8d
See the crescent moon rise close to Saturn and Neptune early on May 22
The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.
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Virginia Beach’s King Neptune statue turns 20 this year
The King Neptune statue, a bronze sculpture of the Roman god of the sea, has been a fixture next to the Boardwalk on 31st Street at the Oceanfront since 2005. Created by sculptor Paul DiPasquale ...