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Evidence grows for giant planet on fringes of Solar System

Gravitational signature hints at massive object that orbits the Sun every 20,000 years.

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Witze, A. Evidence grows for giant planet on fringes of Solar System. Nature 529, 266–267 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/529266a

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