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Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine?

Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine?

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Ian Sample is joined by Dr Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, to find out how Pluto lost its planetary status, why scientists think there could be another super-Earth, and why planet nine has been so hard to find

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Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006,
astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most
distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover
what lies in the farthest reaches of the solar system. The Vera C
Rubin Observatory released its first images this week, and soon the
world’s most powerful digital camera will be pointing across the
whole of the night sky. Scientists are hopeful that if planet nine
exists, the telescope will find it within its first year of
operation. Ian Sample is joined by Dr Scott Sheppard, an astronomer
at the Carnegie Institution for Science, to find out how Pluto lost
its planetary status, why scientists think there could be another
super-Earth, and why planet nine has been so hard to find. Help
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