New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought
In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf planets known as the ...
Unlocking Uranus: NASA’s Dual Observations Pave the Way to Discovering New Worlds
Using the dual perspectives of Hubble and New Horizons, scientists have gained new insights into Uranus' atmospheric ...
Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Gas Jets From Speeding Object in the Outer Solar System
Scientists revealed unexpected outgassing from this object galloping across the outer solar system. Similar to the Ancient ...
NASA spacecraft has roamed billions of miles — but hasn't reached the 'edge'
NASA's New Horizons mission team believed their spacecraft would have reached the outer edge of the solar system's so-called ...
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Subaru Helps NASA Find a Possible Kuiper Belt Beyond the Kuiper Belt We Already Knew About
Other organizations, naturally, have access to it as well, and that's how we now ended up with news of a potential second Kuiper Belt being present in our solar system. The Kuiper Belt is a term ...
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New group of distant objects discovered beyond the Kuiper Belt in our solar system: Is it a new Kuiper Belt?
Astronomers have uncovered a surprising group of frozen bodies orbiting the Sun, far beyond the Kuiper Belt. Using the Subaru Telescope, in collaboration with NASA’s New Horizons mission ...
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Scientists May Have Found A Whole New Region of Our Solar System
New Horizons—the famous NASA spacecraft that flew by Pluto in 2015—is now making new discoveries beyond the Kuiper Belt. With help from the Subaru telescope in Hawaii, scientists have ...
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NASA spacecraft has roamed billions of miles — but hasn't reached the 'edge'
"Our Solar System’s Kuiper Belt long appeared to be very small in comparison with many other planetary systems," said Wes Fraser, a co-investigator for the New Horizons mission, in a statement ...
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'Comet of the century' visible in Louisiana, but may vanish forever. Here's when to see it.
You can see the bright bundle of ice and dust until Oct. 24 by using binoculars or a telescope in a dark environment, NASA ...