Pluto was believed to be the only body beyond Neptune with an atmosphere. Now, a new discovery in our solar system is ...

A brief stellar eclipse suggests the tiny 2002 XV93 has a thin atmosphere — a first for any solar system body farther from ...

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Worlds this small and distant are thought to be too cold and have too little surface gravity to hold onto gases. But the findings suggest that icy, rocky objects in the solar system's outer reaches ar ...

All the worlds discovered beyond the orbit of Neptune so far, the so-called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), are cold and ...

Researchers discovered evidence of an unexpected thin atmosphere around a small trans-Neptunian object, 2002 XV93. This is ...

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A new study has found evidence of a thin atmosphere around a small trans-Neptunian object, challenging existing theories about how such objects retain atmospheres.

A rare observation opportunity revealed the presence of a thin atmosphere around a small object beyond Pluto.

A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute scientists Rodrigo Leiva and Marc Buie reveals the binary nature of a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). Leiva and Buie utilized data obtained by the ...