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Objects at the Edge of the Solar System Behave in an Unexpected Way

OCT 21, 2025

In a surprise to researchers, the small, icy bodies beyond Pluto’s orbit tend to rotate opposite the way they move around the Sun, which might say something about how they formed.

In a surprise to researchers, the small, icy bodies beyond Pluto’s orbit tend to rotate opposite the way they move around the Sun, which might say something about how they formed.

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