<p>The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have found its first dwarf planet. Orbiting beyond Pluto, the object may also be one of the brightest and biggest in that stretch of the solar system. Matthew Holman, a Rubin operations team member and senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, discovered the dwarf<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/rubin-spots-possible-dwarf-planet/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Rubin spots possible dwarf planet"</span></a></p>
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have found its first dwarf planet. Orbiting beyond Pluto, the object may also be one of the brightest and biggest in that stretch of the solar system. Matthew Holman, a Rubin operations team member and senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, discovered the dwarfContinue reading “Rubin spots possible dwarf planet”
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