KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was discovered using wide-field imaging. The Subaru Telescope has spotted a distant ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. So far, there are only four known ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could have shaped the orbits of the TNOs and Sednoids. However, Ammonite is ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...