Solar System distances to scale, showing the newly discovered 2018 AG37, nicknamed "Farfarout," compared to other known Solar System objects, including the previous record holder 2018 VG18 "Farout", ...

Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU (NEXSTAR/KHON) — A research team at ...

Astronomers discovered a planetoid orbiting the sun further than any known object in the solar system. Called "Farfarout," the object orbits the sun every 1,000 years. Objects like Farfarout could ...

Two years after being discovered and nick-named by a team of astronomers, a planetoid almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto has been officially confirmed. The confirmation of “Farfarout” ...

Parker Solar Probe Makes History by Touching the Sun 8 million miles above the Sun's surface on December 24, 2024, traveling ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...

HONOLULU (NEXSTAR/KHON) — A research team at the University of Hawaii has confirmed that a recently discovered planetoid is almost four times farther from the sun than Pluto, making it the most ...

A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawai?i Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most ...