A tiny world beyond Neptune has an atmosphere that shouldn't exist

A team of professional and amateur Japanese astronomers have found evidence for a thin atmosphere around a small body in the ...
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Scientists found an 'impossible' atmosphere on a tiny world beyond Neptune

An artist's impression of the occultation of 2002 XV93. (NAOJ/Ko Arimatsu) In the wild unknown, out beyond the orbit of ...
The Japan Times

Japan astronomers find thin atmosphere on small celestial body beyond Neptune

Previously Pluto was the only such body thought to have supported an atmosphere, due to its stronger surface gravity.
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Mysterious Atmosphere Surrounds Tiny Trans-Neptunian Object

Researchers discovered evidence of an unexpected thin atmosphere around a small trans-Neptunian object, 2002 XV93. This is ...
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Webb telescope just got a crystal-clear view of a hot alien world

Unlike the James Webb Space Telescope's views of other sub-Neptune exoplanets' atmospheres, its look at TOI-421 b was clear. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Dani Player illustration A sweltering planet ...
CNA

Mysterious world beyond Pluto may have an atmosphere: astronomers

Astronomers in Japan have found evidence suggesting a possible thin atmosphere around a distant icy object beyond Pluto, ...