Kuiper Belt
The Latest Images of Ultima Thule are in, and they are the Sharpest Yet!
The latest images taken by New Horizons of Ultima Thule are the most detailed to date, and are providing new…
New Horizons took this shot of MU69 as it sped away from its encounter
The latest images to come from the New Horizons mission show that Ultima Thule (the first KBO to be studied…
Tiny Object Found at the Edge of the Solar System for the First Time. A Kuiper Belt Object that’s Only 2.6 km Across
The Kuiper Belt, or the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, is home to ancient rocks. Kuiper Belt Objects, or KBOs, are remnants of…
The Pictures are Here! New Horizons Close Up View of 2014 MU69
The New Horizon's probe made its historic rendezvous with Ultima Thule on New Years and captured these detailed images of…
New Horizons Sees its Next Target for the First Time: Ultima Thule. Flyby Happens January 1, 2019
Earlier this month, the New Horizons team managed to capture the first images of Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt Object…
It Might Not be Planet 9 Causing Disruptions in the Kuiper Belt, Just the Collective Gravity of Everything Out There
According to a new study by a team from CU Boulder, Planet 9 may not be necessary to explain the…
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’ Next Flyby Target Just Got Weirder!
In preparation for their historic flyby with a KBO, the New Horizons team conducted observations that indicated that the target…
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…
An Astronomical Detective Tale and the Moon of 2007 OR10
It isn't every day we get a new moon added to the list of solar system satellites. The combined observational…