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This tiny outer Solar System world has an atmosphere. It shouldn’t

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May 6, 2026 • 50 views
Original source: Science Daily
This tiny outer Solar System world has an atmosphere. It shouldn’t

Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a tiny icy world that shouldn’t be able to hold one at all. The object, called 2002 XV93, is far smaller than Pluto, yet observations durin…

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