03 October 2018
Newly discovered far-flung object supports Planet X existence
... Goblin and was discovered about 80 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun; an astronomical unit is the mean distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun - so around 149.6 million kilometres. For comparison, Pluto is around 34 AU away...
27 February 2019
FarFarOut beats FarOut as most distant Solar System body ever seen
... this 300 kilometre wide object was discovered about 80 AU from the Sun; an astronomical unit is the mean distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun - so around 149.6 million kilometres. Neptune for comparison is 30 AU away, which...
24 April 2020
A population of interstellar asteroids has been found hiding between Jupiter and Neptune
... to find their previous positions, Namouni and Morais found these objects were orbiting the Sun on a plane perpendicular to the planetary motion going on at the time of the Solar System’s formation. Not only that but they were located far from...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
...With a 4000-fold increase in brightness between the beginning of February and near the end of March, the increase in activity of the Comet as it approached the Sun was expected to make it visible to the naked eye; a boon for comet watchers everywhere...
