Planetary scientists continue to debate what Sedna’s presence says about the history of our solar system. Now, S. Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, says large bodies ...
Object 90377 Sedna — a distant trans-Neptunian object known best for its highly elliptical, 11,390-year-long orbit — is currently on its way towards perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) in ...