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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 hours ago

The Kuiper Belt is packed with weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, each of these remnants from the solar system's early history is composed of two different-sized lobes, like a peanut or a lazily assembled snowman. Astronomers got their clearest view yet of the phenomenon when NASA's New Horizons mission flew by the two-lobed Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth in 2019.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Simulations shed light on how snowman-shaped body in Kuiper belt may have formed

Gravitational collapse of rotating pebble clouds can produce double-lobed, snowman-like planetesimals like Arrokoth, explaining their shape and formation non-violently.
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fromArs Technica
5 days ago

Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt

The Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune contains thousands of icy objects, holds dynamical mysteries, and will be rapidly revealed by next-generation telescopes like Rubin and JWST.
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fromWIRED
1 week ago

Astronomers Are Closing In on the Kuiper Belt's Secrets

Next-generation observatories like Rubin and JWST will greatly expand Kuiper Belt detections, revealing hidden planets, unusual structures, and clues to early solar-system dynamics.
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fromFuturism
2 months ago

Scientists Discover Weird Structure in Outer Solar System

A new inner-kernel cluster of Kuiper belt objects exists at about 43 AU with unusually planar, ancient, and undisturbed orbits.
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fromMail Online
4 months ago

Scientists say a 'Planet Y' could be hiding in our solar system

A proposed Earth-sized rocky 'Planet Y' near the Kuiper Belt could explain unusual tilts of 50 Kuiper Belt objects, suggesting a potential ninth planet.
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fromMail Online
8 months ago

Planet Nine DOES exist, scientists say

Researchers have found new evidence suggesting the possible existence of Planet Nine and propose a method to search for it using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
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fromFuturism
9 months ago

Scientists Say They May Have Spotted a Huge Hidden Planet Deep in Our Solar System

Astronomers may be on the verge of discovering 'Planet Nine,' a potential hidden planet in our Solar System that could be 5-10 times Earth's mass.
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