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  1. Wanted: Early Planet Photographs

    With the discovery of the planet beyond Neptune, by Lowell Observatory astronomers, many months of observations will be needed before even an approximate idea can be obtained of the orbit in which it is moving.

  2. Back Matter

  3. Traces of Sloth, Man Found Together

  4. New Comet

  5. Front Matter

  6. Black as Coal, Dense as Zinc

  7. Astronomers Acclaim New Planet

    Science News-Letter | March 22, 1930 — The report from Flagstaff of the discovery of a faint, slow-moving object which can most reasonably be interpreted as a ninth major planet of the solar system again emphasizes man's ability to see beyond his power of vision and to grasp what lies beyond his reach.

  8. In Various Science Fields

  9. The Sun’s New Trans-Neptunian Planet

  10. Nature Ramblings: The Tastes of an Octopus

  11. First Glances at New Books

  12. Maya Stone Road Links Two City Ruins