A small Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto briefly held a thin atmosphere, challenging assumptions about how long such gases can survive. Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a small icy world beyond Pluto, where gravity should not hold gas for long. The discovery raises a big question for planetary scientists. A world that small should have lost any atmosphere long ago, ... [4747 chars]
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