Pluto may have been downgraded from full-planet status, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold a special place in scientist's ...
orbiting the sun out beyond the distant Kuiper Belt, has been spotted by the Subaru telescope, working with NASA's New ...
The discovery of mysterious objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt could point to a complex structure at the edge of our Solar ...
At the time of writing New Horizons was believed to have moved past the Kuiper Belt, as it is located about 60 times further out from the Sun than Earth is. But that belief is now questioned ...
LOS ANGELES: Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, ...
“The agency decided that it was best to extend operations for New Horizons until the spacecraft exits the Kuiper Belt, which is expected in 2028 through 2029.” After exiting the Kuiper Belt it ...
A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...
According to NASA, on Oct. 1, 2024, New Horizons passed 60 times as far from the sun as Earth is. In 2019, it conducted a flyby of Arrokoth, a double-lobed asteroid in the Kuiper Belt leftover ...
Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.