Webb Space Telescope To Examine Planetary Leftovers in the Solar System Graveyard
These icy bodies are the leftovers from planet formation. In the distant reaches of the solar system lies a region called the Kuiper Belt. Beyond…
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Researchers Discover Orbital Patterns of Trans-Neptunian Objects Vary Based on Their Color
Data collected can be used to provide new insights into the evolution of the Kuiper Belt, and the larger solar system. Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), small…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to Examine Objects in the Solar System Graveyard
These icy bodies are the leftovers from planet formation. In the distant reaches of the solar system lies a region called the Kuiper Belt. Beyond…
Evolutionary Origin of Flattened “Snowman” Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth
The small Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on January 1, 2019, is so far the most distant and most…
NASA Astrobiology Has Discovered a Ring of Material Around Star HD 191098
Researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have discovered a ring of material around the star HD 191098 that resembles our solar system’s…
Meet the Icy World ‘Arrokoth’ From a Billion Miles Beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt
In a fitting tribute to the farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native…
NASA Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
NASA’s New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called…
New Horizons Reaches Most Distant Target in History
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s Day, ushering in the era of exploration from the enigmatic…
New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made its first detection of its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, more than four months…
Astronomers Discover Exiled Asteroid in Outer Reaches of Solar System
An international team of astronomers has used ESO telescopes to investigate a relic of the primordial Solar System. The team found that the unusual Kuiper…
New Horizons Spacecraft Captures Record-Breaking Images
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped an image – and made history. The routine calibration frame…
New Data Hints That 2014 MU69 Might Have a Small Moon
Astronomers were already excited to learn this summer that New Horizons’ next flyby target – a Kuiper Belt object a billion miles past Pluto —…
NASA Wants Your Ideas on What to Name New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a…
Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Just Got a Lot More Interesting
New Horizons’ next target just got a lot more interesting. Astronomers believe that Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 may actually be two objects that are…
New Horizons Captures New Data on Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69
NASA’s New Horizons team captured an event that’s known as an occultation on an elusive target, an ancient Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69….
New Mysteries Surround Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69
The New Horizons Spacecraft won’t pass its next target until New Year’s Day 2019, but Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 is already revealing surprises. Scientists…
Hubble Reveals Moon Around Third Largest Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. Cataloged as 2007 OR10, the…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Halfway to KBO 2014 MU69
The New Horizons Spacecraft, traveling at 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) per hour, has reached the halfway point between Pluto and its new Kuiper Belt object…
