NASA’s Snowman Discovery Just Got a Simple Explanation

Cosmic “snowmen” in the outer solar system may form from a surprisingly simple gravitational dance. Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together. Now researchers at Michigan State University say they [...]

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