An object known as (612533) 2002 XV93, lies in the Kuiper Belt and is 500km (310 miles) wide. And astronomers found an atmosphere round it. Astronomers have discovered signs of a thin atmosphere surrounding an icy body beyond the orbit of Neptune – despite the object being far too small to theoretically retain one. The finding challenges ideas about how distant Solar System bodies behave... [1861 chars]
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