How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

For years, scientists have been scanning the icy outskirts of our Solar System for an unknown massive planet. The ...

Known as Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), astronomers have noticed a rise in the number of these bodies. They are between 70 and 90 astronomical units from the Sun but are much farther away from the ...

Amazon's next group of Kuiper satellites could soon reach orbit, propelling the company closer to providing internet to ...

Astronomers Dave Jewitt and Jane Luu discovered the first icy body in the Kuiper Belt, known as 1992 QB1, in 1992. Since then, a further 3,000 KBOs have been cataloged.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

There are also a few other hang-ups, as these Kuiper Belt bodies can become unstable during their journey toward the inner Solar System, and such a catastrophic impact on Mars could instigate ...

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Their unique nature has to do with their relative distance from both the Sun and the “first” Kuiper Belt, which lies roughly 35 to 55 astronomical units (AU) out from the center of our Solar ...

NASA's Hubble finds Kuiper Belt duo may be trio Date: March 4, 2025 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space ...

The team behind this research thinks that two frigid worlds located in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies located far from the sun at the edge of the solar system, ...

Astronomers Dave Jewitt and Jane Luu discovered the first icy body in the Kuiper Belt, known as 1992 QB1, in 1992. Since then, a further 3,000 KBOs have been cataloged.