# Happy Space News! Aurorae, Planet 9, and weird things that make us say "it's not aliens"

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Podcast: [EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/evsn-escape-velocity-space-news-444293)
Published: 2025-05-22T02:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week, we take a closer look at the weirdly twisty search for a possible planet in our outer solar system. We'll also take in the happy science of aurorae here, at Jupiter, and over Neptune, as well as a bunch of weird discoveries that has some people screaming "It's Aliens!" (it's not aliens).

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