There's New Evidence Of A Distant Ninth Planet In Our Solar System
Date:
January 20, 2016
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Summary:
In the distant reaches of the Kuiper Belt, dwarf planet Sedna could be in the gravitational pull of another unseen planet, nicknamed "Planet 9."
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