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An icy object in perfect sync with Neptune reveals new details about planetary migration and unseen bodies far beyond the Kuiper Belt.
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...
A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.
Astronomers have classified 2020 VN40 as a trans-Neptunian object—a class of small objects and dwarf planets that orbit the Sun at a greater distance than Neptune.
Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery at the outer edge of our solar system—a strange space rock that dances in ...
Well, isn't this rich. Named 2020 VN40, this tiny body completes one orbit around the Sun for every ten Neptune makes. Mission scientists "waited with bated breath" to see if their last-minute ...
In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have discovered a rare trans-Neptunian object called 2020 VN40 2020 VN40 is different from any other known object in the solar system ...