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“The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute for Advanced Study’s Sihao Cheng mentioned in a recent press release. As ...

The Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF, this is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). This means that it orbits the Sun further away than Neptune.

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Pluto has been added to the University of Arizona’s scale-model walking tour of the solar system, but will that be enough to mend the dwarf planet’s broken heart? Not likely, according to a recent ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...