Monday 22 February 2016

10 Amazing Facts About The New Ninth Planet


In early January, the news that an immense ninth planet likely exists beyond Pluto set the scientific community ablaze. We still have a lot to learn about this potential new solar sibling, but we do know that it's huge - at least 10 times as massive as the Earth.

The astronomers who discovered it even nicknamed it 'Fatty.' And the fact that such a huge body has gone undetected just goes to show how little we truly know about our own solar system and how much science has left to teach us.

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