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Astronomers May Have Just Discovered a Mysterious New World Beyond Pluto. Here’s What We Know.

Astronomers spotted a mysterious icy object billions of miles from the Sun that could be our solar system’s newest dwarf planet.

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Pluto may no longer be a planet, and it may not even be that big, but it’s big enough to possibly, maybe, be hiding a dwarf planet that’s been behind it this whole time.

According to The New York Times, researchers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile just spotted a massive icy world roughly 4.3 billion miles from the Sun. Provisionally named 2026 ED138, this possible dwarf planet could become the first official addition to our solar system’s roster of dwarf planets since the........

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