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According to a research published in the Astrobiology journal by Washington State University professor Dirk Schulze-Makuch, there are 24 possible exoplanets that are superhabitable outside the Solar System.
2020-10-5

Astronomers announce the discovery of trans-Neptunian object 2018 VG, the most distant object in the Solar System ever observed at a distance of ~120 ul=AU.
2018-12-17

The first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System, ʻOumuamua, has been identified as a very inactive comet and not an asteroid, as previously thought.
2018-06-27

New research suggests the Almahata Sitta meteorites are evidence of a lost additional planet in the Solar System.
2018-04-17

2015 TH (previously known as V774104), a 100–400 kilometer asteroid, is announced as possibly the fourth most distant known Solar System object from the Sun at nearly 90 (±10) times Earth's distance from the Sun.
2018-03-13

After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the "Cassini" space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet.
2017-09-15

Astronomers announce the discovery of V774104, the most distant object yet found in the Solar System, a dwarf planet orbiting at three times the distance of Pluto.
2015-11-11

Alpha Centauri Bb, an exoplanet, is discovered orbiting around Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to our Solar System.
2012-10-17

The Voyager 1 space probe becomes the first human-made object to successfully exit the Solar System and enter Interstellar space, and to an extent, becoming the first Interstellar probe, pioneering Interstellar exploration.
2012-08-25

An undersea volcano erupts near Sarigan, Northern Mariana Islands, sending an eruption cloud 40,000 feet into the atmosphere, prompting Governor Benigno Fitial to declare a state of emergency.
2010-05-31