New Dwarf Planet Candidate Beyond Pluto May Be Bigger Than Ceres After a Decade Hidden Among Milky Way Stars
Nature World News | 03.11.2026 05:31A large icy world orbiting beyond Pluto has been sitting in telescope images since at least 2016, and astronomers only just noticed it. The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced on Oct. 27 that it had found its first dwarf planet candidate, an object the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has provisionally designated 2026 ED138.
