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Joel Kontinen
Some astronauts
think that the elusive Planet Nine, which is theorized to be lurking somewhere
in the outer reaches of the solar system, may not be a planet after all, a
new study suggests. Instead, what we assumed to be a massive object could be
evidence that gravity doesn't work like we thought it does. But
the new theory doesn't sit well with everyone.
“The Planet
Nine hypothesis, first proposed in 2016, argues that the unusual orbits of
objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, which seem to be being pulled
away from the sun, can be explained by the presence of an undiscovered
ninth planet up to 10 times more massive than Earth. Astronomers
have been looking for Planet Nine ever since. However, despite searching almost half of the
night sky, they have so far come up empty-handed. “
Source:
Harry
Baker
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