Scientists have found evidence of a true ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," the real-life Planet X appears to have the mass of 10 Earths and is 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

In 2005 an object larger than Pluto was discovered in the Kuiper Belt. This discovery would call Pluto's planetary status into question and help create a new term, Dwarf Planet.

“ultraviolet + infrared images of saturn, venus, jupiter and uranus by hubble”

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Preeminent Astronomer Whose Predictions Always Came True

Astronomy on Instagram: "This is Earth compared to 3 (potentially) habitable exo planets elsewhere in the universe. An exo planet is a planet orbiting a foreign star outside of our own solar system. These planets were never known to exist prior to the late 1900’s. 1️⃣ Kepler 186f - 582 light years away 2️⃣ Kepler 442b - 1,100 light years away 3️⃣ Kepler 62f - 1,200 light years away These exo planets are crazy far away, taking over half a millennium for light to get to the first one. Even…

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