Boffin's software found a possible dwarf planet - a result so rare he thought it must be a bug

Matthew Holman and Kevin Napier developed search code to analyze billions of moving objects. The code identified object 2026 ED138, which is unusually bright and distant, leading to its classification as a dwarf planet candidate.

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