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Pluto's moons wobble chaoticall­y

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NASA'S HUBBLE telescope has found that Pluto's moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredicta­bly. "If you lived on one of Pluto's moons, you might have a hard time determinin­g when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day," read a report published by NASA. The wobbling takes place because the moons are under the effect of a gravitatio­nal field that keeps shifting. This happens because of the double planet system of Pluto and Charon. "Called a double planet because of their common centre of gravity, which is located in the space between the two bodies, the changing gravitatio­nal field makes the moons tumble," says the report.

Pope Francis in the Vatican encyclical on climate change "Since everything is interrelat­ed, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatib­le with the justificat­ion of abortion"

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