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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

11 October 2017

The tiny world Haumea has a ring, the most distant we’ve found in our solar system. This may mean rings encircle other far-off worlds in the solar system
Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

15 May 2017

Objects with only 6.7 per cent of the sun’s mass can be stars, according to a fresh measurement of how massive an object must be to achieve nuclear fusion

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