Week in Geek - Theoretical planet
This artistic rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
My weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show.
Week in Geek: Theoretical planet edition
Did you hear about the “new planet” that took the world by storm this week? There’s a lot of hype flying around, but the takeaway for now is that it’s just a theoretical prediction. An actual planet in the outer limits of our Solar System has not been confirmed, merely surmised. Which is not to say that the idea isn’t super exciting…
Also features: booze, butterflies, bloodsucking leeches, and prime numbers.
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