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Pluto-Like World's Thin Atmosphere Poses a Mystery for Astronomers

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Pluto-Like World's Thin Atmosphere Poses a Mystery for Astronomers
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Astronomers are puzzling over another oddball on the edge of the solar system: This time, it's an icy object less than a quarter of Pluto's size with a thin atmosphere – a layer of gas that's not typically found around objects so small.

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