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 ...

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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 ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...