Hold onto your hats, space enthusiasts! The Hubble Telescope just made an out-of-this-world discovery: a tenth planet larger than Pluto. That’s right, the telescope we’ve all grown to love and admire has done it again, despite being one of the oldest and smallest telescopes in the field.

With its trusty 2.4 meter mirror, the Hubble Telescope has peered deep into space, helping us understand the universe and our place in it. But this latest discovery is something special. Caltech astronomer Michael Brown made the exciting announcement that a new planet, dubbed 2003 UB 300, is the solar system’s farthest directly observed body and larger than Pluto.

While there’s been some debate over whether Pluto deserves to be classified as a planet, Brown argued that if we’re willing to call Pluto a planet, it’s only fair to do so for 2003 UB 300, which is even larger. So, it’s official – our solar system now has ten planets!

But how did this planetoid manage to stay hidden for so long? Its unusual orbit, which is 44 degrees off the plane, meant astronomers weren’t really looking in that direction. As Brown put it, “we’ve only been looking that high because we’ve looked everywhere else so far.”

While this discovery has caused some controversy among astronomers, there’s no denying that it’s an exciting time for space exploration. And who knows what other amazing discoveries the Hubble Telescope has in store for us in the future? After all, it’s already helped us map dark matter and determine the age of the universe. The possibilities are endless.

So, let’s tip our hats to the Hubble Telescope and its remarkable achievements. Who knows what other secrets of the universe it will uncover next?