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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...
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Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet status
Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...
Astronomers Witness a White Dwarf Devouring a Planet
A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...
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A newly discovered dwarf planet lurks beyond Neptune
A dwarf planet is defined as a world massive enough to be round but still in a part of space where other objects of similar size can cross its orbit, according to NASA. "Major" planets ...