A teeny-tiny world beyond Pluto appears to have an atmosphere

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An artist's rendering of 2002 XV93

An icy world, perhaps just 300 miles wide and far beyond Pluto, may have air, challenging the assumption that small space objects can't hold onto an atmosphere.

This world, known as 2002 XV93, orbits in a distant region sprinkled with leftover rubble from our solar system's early p...

Source: https://mashable.com/article/outer-solar-system-world-atmosphere-2002-xv93

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