Planet Nine May Actually Be a Tiny Black Hole at the Edge of Our Solar System

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Planet Nine May Actually Be a Tiny Black Hole at the Edge of Our Solar System
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We could have photographic proof before humans land on Mars.

forged during the big bang — when the universe exploded into existence. But how can we know for sure, and what else could this show us about the universe?The object — generally dubbed Planet Nine — has remained a subject of intense scrutiny and disagreement among scientists for years, and should be between five and 15 times Earth's mass.

The closest confirmed black hole to Earth lies in a triple-star system called HR 6819, roughly 1,000 light-years away. It's about four times the mass of the sun — comparatively light in the scope of the universe. But evidence is mounting that tiny, primordial black holes are abundant throughout the universe, the nearest of which might be a quick, 10-year trip away aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

back in 2015 when it made a rapid flyby of Pluto and its moon, Charon — providing scientists with the first clear pictures of the former ninth planet.of a dark, super-heavy object roughly four inches wide creeping around the fringes of our solar system. If little primordial black holes are abundant, they might help explain other baffling mysteries of the universe, like how galaxies have remained in one piece over the course of billions of years."Primordial black holes could be [...

and try to detect the telltale gravitational disturbance that even the smallest black holes would inevitably generate.Turyshev's little probes could potentially make the journey to the region of Neptune's orbit roughly"ten times faster" than a conventional chemical rocket, and reach their destination a single year post-launch — provided they get a big energy boost via an initial approach of the sun.

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