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Found 2 results for dwarf planet
A picture of pluto

Pluto’s weird ridges may be glacial landforms unlike any on Earth

12 November 2018

Next to Pluto’s heart-shaped plains are strange rolling hills unlike anything we’ve seen on Earth, and they may be left over from receding ancient glaciers
An artist's conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star

Two new rogue planets that do not orbit stars have been discovered

9 November 2018

Astronmers have found two new planets that don't have stars. They are incredibly difficult to spot, but there may be more of them in the Milky Way than stars

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