The ‘Impossible’ Object at the Edge of Our Solar System

In the news this week, some very surprising news about a planet that really shouldn't be able to hold an atmosphere having an atmosphere, a new mammal is discovered in Mexico, and a very special man turns 100.

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Sources:
World Beyond Pluto Has Atmosphere:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02846-1
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/trans-neptunian-object-atmosphere-14740.html

Slow Rotating Early Galaxy:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02855-0
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-slow-rotating-galaxy-early-universe-14742.html

New species of Cretaceous mammal:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2641109
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cimolodon-desosai-14733.html

Eating helps the immune system by enhancing T-cell immunity:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10432-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01362-6

Deep Day:
https://deep-sea-conservation.org/about/
https://deepwatergroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Althaus-et-al-2009-Seamounts-Corals.pdf
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/07fc8710bf0a405a8cdfe7e7f92d9a0d
https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-learning-hub/ocean-topics/how-the-ocean-works/seafloor-below/seamounts/

Attenborough at 100:
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/david-attenborough/david-attenborough-100-years-on-planet-earth-bbc

First climate summit on phasing out fossil fuels:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01399-7
https://zenodo.org/records/19797562
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/01/santa-marta-colombia-climate-conference-ending-fossil-fuel-era

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Plutino Object Has an Atmosphere
03:56 - Early Galaxy Rotating Slowly
05:10 - New Cretaceous Mammal
06:34 - Eating Enhances Immune Response
08:07 - Deep Day
09:43 - Attenborough at 100
10:57 - Revised Climate Summit
12:24 - Outro

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