Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Hubble Telescope finds tiny moon orbiting dwarf planet


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Chalk up a moon for the icy dwarf planet Makemake. The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a tiny, dark moon circling the dwarf planet on the frozen fringes of our solar system. Scientists announced the discovery Tuesday. It’s the same team that spotted Pluto’s smaller moons years ago. Makemake itself […]

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