If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is ...

Artist's concept of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794. Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez ...

But what about the planet furthest from the sun? How long would it take to get to Neptune? Read more: The Characteristics Of The Eight Planets If you want to get to Neptune, settle in for a long ...

Almost all known exoplanets have orbits around their stars within the distance that separates our sun from their farthest planet, Neptune. But this planet orbits three times farther than Neptune ...

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If there is a black hole, it's at least 20 times farther from Earth than the furthest planet, Neptune, in a distant region of our solar system called the extended Kuiper Belt. The belt is home to ...

For reference, 1 au is equivalent to nearly 150 million kilometers (93 million miles), and Neptune, the farthest planet in our solar system, is 30 au from the Sun. The cloud is believed to appear as a ...

On the other hand, Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, takes about 165 Earth years! These varying revolution times are due to each planet's distance from the sun and its orbital speed.