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Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn illustration of the Kuiper Belt. NASA's New Horizons mission, which encountered Pluto in 2015 is...
Arrokoth the 'space snowman' and other Kuiper Belt objects may be packed with ancient ice
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"Space snowman" Arrokoth a other Kuiper Belt objects may contain locked-up ancient ice and gas,...
Potential discovery of a dozen objects beyond Pluto could reveal a new section of the solar system...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAstronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of...
Scientists Find Evidence for Large Unknown Objects in Distant Solar System
Futurism via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Kuiper Belt, a ring comprising thousands of large, icy objects and dwarf planets that encircle...
NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoImage of pluto, showing a large heart-shaped feature on the dwarf planet's surface. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will be able to keep exploring its...
Icy asteroids help the James Webb Space Telescope uncover Neptune's history
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBy honing in on Mors-Somnus, a binary pair of icy asteroids that originated within the Kuiper Belt,...
New Horizons Pluto probe notches 3 new discoveries in outer solar system
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015....
NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoan illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying past Pluto The future of NASA's New Horizons...
Fomalhaut's hidden debris rings revealed in amazing detail by JWST
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed previously unseen details of the...
Scientists Not Happy With NASA’s Plan to Alter Deep Space Mission
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt took nearly 15 years for NASA’s New Horizons mission to reach the point where it is at today,...