KBOs
Who was Gerard Kuiper?
In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, lies a region permeated by celestial objects…
Charon’s Twin ‘Star Wars’ Craters Are Distinctly Different; New Horizons Continues Toward KBO
Just like Luke and Leia, two craters named for the Star Wars twins (Skywalker and Organa) have many similarities. They…
Solar System Guide
The Universe is a very big place, and we occupy a very small corner of it. Known as the Solar…
Pluto’s Moon Nix
Over the course of the past decade, many amazing discoveries have been made at the edge of the Solar System.…
The (Possible) Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10
Within the Kuiper Belt lies the possible dwarf planet 2007 OR10, one of many objects that has forced astronomers to…
The Dwarf Planet Orcus
Since the early 2000s, more and more objects have been discovered in the outer Solar System that resemble planets. However,…
The Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid) Makemake
In 2003, astronomer Mike Brown and his team from Caltech began a discovery process which would change the way we…