This illustration depicts the most distant object yet found in our Solar System, nicknamed "Farfarout," in the lower right. Along the bottom, various Solar System objects are plotted according to ...

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 ...

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", ...

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” ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of astronomers have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object observed in our solar system. The ...

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The location of the solar system's outer boundary is a point of contention among astronomers. There are three possible candidates, which "all have merit." But which one is best? When you purchase ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The dust speck had been plucked from the tail of a comet more than 200 million miles away. Now, under an electron microscope ...