kuiper belt
Pluto is What You Get When a Billion Comets Smash Together
A new study conducted by researchers from the Southwest Research Institute indicates that Pluto could have formed from a billion…
New Horizons Team Has a New Nickname for the Spacecraft’s Next Target
The first Kuiper Belt Object that the New Horizons mission will investigate - MU69 - just received the nickname "Ultima…
New Horizons Just Took a Record Breaking Image. No Camera Has Ever Taken a Picture From This Far From Earth
This past December, the New Horizons probe took a series of pictures from the Kuiper Belt, thus breaking the record…
Triton’s Arrival was Chaos for the Rest of Neptune’s Moons
According to a new study, Neptune's system of moons may have been drastically altered thanks to the arrival of its…
Debris Disks Around Stars Could Point the Way to Giant Exoplanets
A new study by an international team of scientists has found a connection between debris disks and giant planets, which…
New Clues Emerge for the Existence of Planet 9
In their latest study concerning Planet 9 , astronomers Brown and Batygin offer the first single and coherent description that…
New Study Indicates that Planet 9 Likely Formed in the Solar System
A new study by a team of astronomers from the UK and Switzerland explores how Planet 9 could have ended…
Evidence Mounts for the Existence of Planet Nine
The latest study that looks into the possible existence of Planet 9 offers a new technique, one which is free…
New Horizons Team Already Finding Surprises on Next Flyby Target
While the New Horizons spacecraft was heading to Pluto, scientists from the mission used Hubble and other telescopes to try…
What Caused the Kuiper Belt to Get Warped?
A new study by a team of astronomers from the LPL indicates that the orbital inclinations of distant Kuiper Belt…