This Tiny World in the Outer Solar System Should Be Airless, but It Has an Atmosphere

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Star Passes Behind TNO With AtmosphereA tiny world in our Solar System has an atmosphere it shouldn’t—hinting something dramatic happened there recently. A group of Japanese astronomers, including both professionals and amateur observers, has found signs of a thin atmosphere surrounding a small object far beyond Neptune. The discovery is surprising because the object is so small that it should [...]
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