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Asteroid found in space graveyard

Asteroid found in space graveyard

Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid in a space graveyard near Neptune

 

Neptune may have eaten a planet and stolen its moon

Neptune may have polished off a super-Earth that once roamed the outer solar system and stolen its moon to boot. The brutal deed could explain mysterious heat radiating from the icy planet and the odd orbit of its moon Triton.

 

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