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A recent study has identified a potential candidate for the hypothesized Planet Nine, a massive celestial body believed to exist in the distant reaches of our solar system. The research, led by Terry Long Phan and colleagues, utilized data from two far-infrared all-sky surveys—NASA’s Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) from 1983 and Japan’s AKARI satellite from 2006—to search for slow-moving objects …

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