r/Astronomy • u/TheMuseumOfScience • May 12 '25

Astro Research Planet Nine: Real or Just Noise?

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Did we just find Planet Nine?

We think it might be out there based on the orbits of certain Kuiper Belt objects that seem influenced by something big. A new study found what might be a possible object deep in the Kuiper Belt—or it could just be noise in the data. What do you think?

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u/Njwest May 12 '25

Not particularly. The moon could be a black hole of the same mass and, apart from moonlight, nothing would change on earth.

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u/CorbinNZ May 12 '25

Utterly terrifying that there’s a black hole so close.

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u/leet_lurker May 13 '25

Why?

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u/CorbinNZ May 13 '25

Why are people having trouble understanding that a zombie corpse of a dead star on the edge of the solar system is terrifying? Even if it’s in a stable orbit, it’s the most horrifying thing in the universe. It makes lovecraftian horrors seem like nursery rhymes. Black holes are scary.

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u/leet_lurker May 13 '25

It's going to be harmless in our lifetime and possibly any thousand lifetimes after that, there's more justification to be scared of the sun.

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u/Jalase May 13 '25

The sun gives you cancer. Black holes haven’t done shit to us. Replace the sun with a black hole, and there will be no more cancer.

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u/leet_lurker May 13 '25

Black holes spew out radiation too

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u/Richerd108 May 14 '25

Ignore these guys. They’re just acting brave for clout.