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For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...
In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...
Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice ...
Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune. The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar ...
A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.
An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are ...
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 ...
Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery at the outer edge of our solar system—a strange space rock that dances in ...
Harvard & Smithsonian have discovered a rare trans-Neptunian object, 2020 VN40, orbiting in perfect sync with Neptune.
This object, called 2020 VN40, is the first confirmed body that orbits the sun once for every ten orbits Neptune completes. This discovery helps scientists understand how objects in the outer ...
There is no danger of 2020 VN 40 colliding with Neptune, as the orbit of this distant world is very inclined with respect to ...