A mysterious cosmic traveler has found its way to the Solar System from the uncharted reaches of interstellar space. The rare ...

It’s currently 132 astronomical units (au) from the Sun—1 au being the distance between the Earth and Sun, which is the unit of measurement used by astronomers to describe the Solar System ...

Solar system distances are measured in astronomical units, but even this unit becomes to small when measuring the distance to the nearest star. NASA/R. Mewaldt, P. Liewer (JPL) ...

An illustration of the scale of our solar system. Distances here are measured in astronomical units (AU). (Credit: NASA) Click on an article about space on Discover, and you’ll likely run into a ...

A diagram showing the planets in our solar system If the black hole got a bit closer — say, 100 astronomical units, or just beyond the orbit of Pluto — it could change the orbits of Uranus ...

Earth's orbital distance from the sun is called an astronomical unit. 2017 OF201 is currently located at a distance of 90.5 astronomical units from the sun, meaning 90.5 times as far as Earth.

"Astronomers rather tend to use LS (light second) units within a planetary system (or LD - lunar distance in case of NEOs - near-Earth objects), AU units regarding things that are within a solar ...