The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have just discovered our solar system’s sixth dwarf planet

October 27, 2026 · 10:30 pm 2 sources

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• The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have just discovered our solar system’s sixth dwarf planet
  Scientific American · October 27, 2026 21:00
  Located farther away from Earth than Pluto, the object was hidden in the light of the Milky Way’s stars

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• Rubin Observatory reveals its first dwarf planet candidate in our solar system
  Phys.org · October 27, 2026 22:30
  Scientists may add a new dwarf planet to the official roster of our solar system. The distant, icy body, provisionally dubbed 2026 ED138, orbits our system beyond Pluto. It was spotted earlier this month by a scientist combing through data from the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the NSF-DOE Vera C.…