Why we can accurately detect stars billions of light years away, but we can’t confirm if we have a 9th planet in our solar system?

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Why we can accurately detect stars billions of light years away, but we can’t confirm if we have a 9th planet in our solar system?

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We know Pluto is there. Years ago we found other, nearby exoplanets similar distances away from the sun and decided it made more sense to eliminate 1 planet (Pluto) than add others. We did this by changing the definition of a planet.

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