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371 'Fossil' Discovered Beyond Pluto Implies 'Something Dramatic' Happened 400M Years Ago

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 07/20/2025 21:44 EDT

'Fossil' Discovered Beyond Pluto Implies 'Something Dramatic' Happened 400M Years Ago

"The distant reaches of the Solar System are still mysterious," writes ScienceAlert. "Not much sunlight pierces these regions, and there are strong hints that undiscovered objects lurk there. The objects that astronomers have discovered in these dim reaches are primordial, and their orbits suggest the presence of more undiscovered objects."

And now thanks to the giant 8.2-meter Subaru telescope at Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatory, astronomers have discovered "a massive new solar system body located beyond t

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