• This Telescope Could Find "Planet 9"

  • Apr 25 2025
  • Duración: 13 m
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This Telescope Could Find "Planet 9"

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  • Some scientists are convinced that beyond Neptune, there's a planet they've yet to see. This so-called "Planet 9" is so far away, it would be a faint object. The stretch of sky researchers would have to search is huge. But a new astronomical facility on a mountaintop in Chile could help tackle the search. The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been under construction for years. Now, scientists are finetuning its instruments so the telescope can begin its 10-year mission of taking images of almost the entire southern sky.

    Read more of science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce's reporting here.

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