MU69 is Flat, and No One Knows Why | SciShow News

MU69 seems to be much flatter than we thought and the Gaia space telescope can tell us where galaxies have been and, maybe, where they're going.

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Sources:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190208
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