2023-07-05 23:03:44
Posted by Britta Devore | Updated 3 hours ago If you’re still reeling from the shock surrounding Pluto’s demotion from planet to dwarf planet, you may want to proceed with caution. In today’s cosmic news, a group of dedicated researchers are dedicating their time and resources to uncovering the truth regarding Planet X – a possible ninth planet in the Kuiper Belt. New research suggests that what was thought to be a ninth planet in our solar system may actually be a large pile of space junk. While there has been nothing less than a back-and-forth mentality regarding how experts have viewed the space mystery over the years, a recent article published in Letters from MNRAS delves into the latest theories surrounding the anomaly, believing it to be essentially a giant piece of space junk. In their findings, the researchers say, Planet X may just be a pile of space junk that entwined billions of years ago to form what appears to be a planet. This theory is much less exciting than theories of the last century that indicated the existence of another planet responsible for the strong gravitational pull that controls Neptune and Uranus, but it may be a major step in revealing the truth behind this – it is called Planet X Where is the tenth planet? For more than 100 years baffling members of the scientific community and stoking controversy over its existence, Planet X is now believed to be hanging out in the Oort Cloud, unlike its original location in the Kuiper Belt. Known as the spherical region that orbits our solar system, the Oort Cloud is a place where icy bodies go into purgatory – caught in a gravitational pull where they stay forever. It was in this cloud of debris that the scientists behind the new paper hypothesized that Planet X was born. According to the researchers, it is also possible that Planet X is a planet from another solar system that has managed to get sucked into the Oort Cloud, trapped forever. Right now, it’s not entirely clear what the correct answer is, and even these scientists admit that none of the theories can be correct. While the odds of the Sun sending a planet into the Oort cloud are 50%, there is only a 7% chance that the cloud’s pull has trapped a Neptune-sized planet in its clouds. It is also possible that Planet X is a planet from another solar system that has managed to be sucked into the Oort Cloud. It’s been an exciting few weeks of space exploration as NASA revealed giant strides for astronauts by creating a way to turn urine and sweat into water, allowing space travelers to go on longer expeditions. And while Planet X is the focus of today’s article, Mars has also made headlines, as scientists believe there’s a chance water will return to the Red Planet, even if that means in a few (billion) more years. As for the truth regarding Planet X, there’s still a lot to uncover regarding exactly what the object is and how it got to the Oort Cloud. Given its location and our involvement in other activities, it seems unlikely that closer exploration will be carried out anytime soon.
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