The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon at the outer edges of our solar system.
That news brought the Space Telescope Science Institute, which leads from the Hubble research, Tuesday.
The Moon, provisionally named S/2015 (136,472) 1 carries, revolves around the dwarf planet Makemake, still beyond the farthest planet Pluto. Dwarf planets rotate in orbit around the Sun, but have too little attraction to a planet such as the Earth.
There are five dwegplaneten found so far, of which Pluto is the most famous. Makemake, that away, was discovered in 2005. He is named after a deity of the original inhabitants of Easter Island. Makemake and his Moon is in the so-called Kuiper belt. That are boulders and other remnants of the formation of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago.
The discovery of the moon can scientists might learn more about that period, in which the Earth was formed.
By: REUTERS and Metro/photo: REUTERS/NASA
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