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Hypothetical trans-Neptunian objects

  • Oort cloudIn 1950, the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort presented a radical idea to explain the origin of long-period comets. He proposed that these icy bodies resided in a…
  • Planet NineIn 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune after noticing irregularities in Uranus's orbit. This discovery sparked speculation that another planet might exist…