This same group has been pushing this theory for a decade with no direct evidence. Each paper is just confirmation bias in action.
Some amateur types have been pushing this for decades with zero evidence, but as the article says, a legit pair from Caltech finally found some circumstancial evidence it could be possible, and this expanded group is just throwing more on the pile. I think it’s just one of those “Well…let’s say it’s possible, here’s what we’d be looking at for evidence…” kind of deals.
Back in my day it was called Planet X, god dammit!
Because back in my (our) day Pluto was number, so Planet X worked. Planet VIIII doesn’t look as good.
I know. I wasn’t being serious.
I remember that from my childhood! My mother convinced me it was probably a bad science fiction movie
Just call it Rupert already!
George
I find it amusing that we can prove the existence of black holes thousands of light years away and glean the state of the universe at its earliest moments, but we can’t decide whether there’s a rock big enough to count as a planet floating around the inside rim of the Oort Cloud.
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