Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object In Solar System

Agence France-Presse, Raw Story: Science
Thu, 11/12/2015 - 6:27am

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system. The discovery of the dwarf planet known as V774104 was announced Tuesday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society near the US cap...

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