It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

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A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...

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Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

Image Credit: images of dwarf planets from NASA/JPL-Caltech ... Earth – expected to exist far beyond the orbit of Pluto. The idea of a planet has been suggested because the orbit of many ...

At its closest, as reported by EarthSky, 2017 OF201 comes within 45 AU of the Sun. Dwarf planets. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech; image of 2017 OF201: Sihao Cheng et al. That remarkable orbit earns the ...

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