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Did our Sun Snatch Planet 9 from Another Solar System?

June 3, 2016

Is it possible that the new-found theoretical Planet 9 is actually an exoplanet, a planet from another solar system? According to astronomers at Sweden’s Lund University, it’s “highly likely” that Planet 9 was actually “snatched” from another solar system by our young sun some 4.5 billion years ago, or within 100 million years after its formation. […]

Artist concept of dwarf planet Makemake and its moon MK2 (NASA/ESA)

Dwarf Planet Moon Discovered; Supplements Boost Antidepressants; Kepler Back in Business

April 27, 2016

Hubble Spots Moon Circling Distant Dwarf Planet Out in the far reaches of our solar system lies the Kuiper Belt.  This region of space is occupied by icy objects left over from the creation of the solar system. Several dwarf planets, such as Pluto, also occupy the Kuiper Belt. Astronomers studying images gathered by the […]

Rhythmic Light Pulses Help Astronomers Accurately Measure Medium Sized Black Hole

August 18, 2014

Astronomers have calculated that there may be about 100 million black holes in the galaxy. And they mostly fall into two sizes… stellar and supermassive.  The size difference has to do with how much mass they contain versus that of our own sun or solar mass. For some time now, astronomers have also theorized that […]

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