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[This short article I wrote has been published on The Conversation UK.]Is our little corner of the galaxy a special place? As of this date, we've discovered...
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Dwarf Planet Haumea Overview Haumea is roughly the same size as Pluto. It is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system. The fast spin distorts Haumea's shape, making this dwarf planet look like a football. Everything we know about Haumea is from observations with ground-based telescopes from around the world. Discovery [...]
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The icy bits past Neptune's orbit
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Observations of the fast-moving interstellar comet with the Very Large Telescope in Chile support similar observations made by the JWST.
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