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Astronomers find most distant Solar System body to date

19 December 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have found the most distant body yet discovered in Earth’s solar system, a dwarf planet 120 times farther from the Sun than Earth.

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Extreme dwarf planet – ‘The Goblin’ – influenced by Planet X?

2 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers searching the outer solar system for signs of a super Earth-size world beyond Pluto have found another small body in an orbit consistent with the presumed gravitational influence of the presumed Planet X.

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A dozen new moons found orbiting Jupiter, pushing total to 79

17 July 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers searching for a hypothesised large planet in the outer solar system far beyond Pluto stumbled across 12 previously undetected moons orbiting Jupiter, pushing the giant planet’s total to a record 79.

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Hunt for Planet 9 reveals extremely distant solar system objects

30 August 2016 Astronomy Now

In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our solar system, astronomers are conducting the largest, deepest survey for objects beyond Neptune and the Kuiper Belt. Nearly 10 percent of the sky has been explored to date using some of the largest and most advanced telescopes, revealing several never-before-seen objects at extreme distances from the Sun.

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  • See all the planets in January
    16 January 2023
  • Frank Drake, SETI pioneer, 1930–2022
    3 September 2022
  • Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons
    24 August 2022
  • Webb: Stellar nursery in Carina
    12 July 2022
  • Webb: a ringside seat to galactic mergers and interactions
    12 July 2022
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