Friday, March 14, 2008

Science is Cool: A New Planet in Our Solar System?


Image from source, Bad Astronomy

Well, thank goodness. We've always been told there were nine planets. And then poor little Pluto got downgraded. Well we may be back up to nine. And the Jeopardy! question will again be safe to answer.

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Is there another planet in the solar system?

Could there be another planet lurking in the dark, frigid outskirts of the solar system?
This isn’t as silly as it seems at first. No, I’m not talking Nibiru or any of that other nonsense (and
it is nonsense), I’m talking about an actual planet, Earth-sized or so, that could be orbiting the Sun well beyond Neptune. . .

Read more at: Bad Astronomy

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