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Hello. I am Portal Pirate and I wrote the article for today. The Ninth Planet Source:  Wikipedia In the current issue of   Astronomical Journal , researchers Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown released evidence pointing to the existence of a ninth planet! No, they are not debating Pluto’s status; Mike Brown is famous for being the man most responsible for the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet.  Instead, these men found evidence of a ninth planet that circles the sun every 1,000 to 2,000 years.  However, these researchers do not guarantee there is a ninth planet out there because they have not observed the planet directly.  But Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) with unusual orbits and groupings provide a plethora of indirect proof. When all known body effects are calculated for the orbits of these KBOs, the chance of them having their current orbits and groupings is 0.07%.  This low percentage argues for the existence of another planet. This situation is lik

Okay, I know that it's almost the end of January, but the beginning of a year is a rather arbitrary concept.  Think about it: 1 month = 4 weeks 1 year = 12 months 1 year = 52 weeks  BUT...   12 months = 48 weeks What happened to the extra 4 weeks?  I watched a video on YouTube where Dave Gorman proposes a 13 month calendar.  While he's doing a comedic routine, I have to agree with a lot of his reasoning.  I've always wondering why the names of the months don't match the number of the month in the year. septem = 7                BUT           September is the 9th month octo = 8                                        October is the 10th month novem = 9                                    November is the 11th month decem =  10                                  December is the 12th month It turns out ancient Romans only had 10 months in one of their first calendars; when they realized that the year needed more months, they added January and February to the begi