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Move over, Pluto: Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet at the solar system's edge
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
New Minor Planet Spotted Past Pluto, One of the Largest Distant Objects in the Solar System
There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...
In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...
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In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older ... The inner planets, including Earth, took at least 100 million years, maybe more. To put it another way, the four planets ...