17/11/2025
The title of my cartoon series now makes sense once again.It was a little upsetting when Pluto lost its "planet" classification.
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A groundbreaking discovery has just shaken the world of astronomy. Planet Nine is real and it has finally been confirmed. This newly identified world is unlike anything we have seen in our solar system. Hidden far beyond Neptune, Planet Nine is a massive icy giant estimated to be five to ten times the mass of Earth. It is so distant that it takes between ten thousand to twenty thousand years to complete just one orbit around the Sun.
For nearly a decade, astronomers noticed strange movements in the Kuiper Belt, a region filled with icy rocks and debris beyond Neptune. These odd gravitational tugs hinted at a powerful and unseen object lurking in the darkness. First suggested by Caltech researchers in 2016, the theory of Planet Nine sparked years of research and debate. Now, with the help of cutting-edge telescopes, scientists have obtained direct visual proof of this long-hidden giant.
Planet Nine is believed to be an ice giant with a dense atmosphere and a rocky core. Its orbit is extremely stretched out, placing it tens of billions of kilometres from the Sun. On average, it sits twenty times farther away than Neptune, which is why it has remained undetected for so long.
Unlike Pluto, which was reclassified as a dwarf planet, Planet Nine ticks every box to be called a true planet. It is massive, orbits the Sun, and has gravitational control over its region. This makes it the first official addition to our solar system since Neptune was discovered in 1846.
Astronomers are now focused on understanding how this distant world formed, whether it has moons, and if more unknown planets are hiding in the deep reaches of space.
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