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'The primordial solar nebula was much larger than previously thought,' say scientists

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NASA 's New Horizons spacecraft has found 11 objects beyond the Kuiper Belt .

Could be a major discovery revealing that the Solar System is much larger than we thought.

Could have implications for studying the planet formation process in our Solar System .

Most trans-Neptunian objects have been discovered between 30 and 55 astronomical units (AU) However, the team also found objects at 70-90 AU.

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